Effect of 3-trifluoromethyl-alpha-ethylbenzhydrol (flumecinol) on lipid peroxidation in early human placenta.

A study was made of the lipid peroxidation in the microsomal fraction of human placenta tissue in the presence of flumecinol (Zixoryn, Gedeon Richter Pharmaceutical Works, Budapest, Hungary). The tissue samples were obtained from placenta in early pregnancy and also from placenta at term. Up to a concentration of 1 mumolar, flumecinol (3-trifluoromethyl-alpha-ethyl-benzhydrol), as an enzyme inductor, significantly enhanced the rate of lipid peroxidation but above 1 molar it scarcely influenced it.

The modulating effect of estrogens on luteinizing hormone release in complete androgen insensitivity syndrome before and after gonadectomy and cyclic steroid application.

The response of LH release to exogenous estrogens was studied in three patients with androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) before and after gonadectomy and a prolonged treatment with a sequential pill. Estrogen provocation tests were performed in which 0.05 mg/kg body weight estradiol benzoate was administered intramuscularly and serum FSH and LH levels were assessed every 12 hours for 96 hours after gonadectomy, three months after a prolonged treatment with a sequential pill (16 cycles: 9 days mestranol 100 micrograms, 12 days mestranol 80 micrograms and chlormadinone acetate 2 mg) and in one patient before gonadectomy.

Determination of sex hormone-binding globulin in human semen by selective ammonium sulphate precipitation.

A simple method was developed to measure the SHBG capacities of human serum, semen and sperm cells. After suitable dilution, disintegration and addition of labelled dihydrotestosterone-1,2-3 H or testosterone-1,2-3 H, the SHBG was precipitated by the addition of saturated ammonium sulphate in a final concentration of 42.3%.

Saliva level of ethynylestradiol in presence of ethynodiol diacetate after oral administration.

In the presence of ethynodiol diacetate the ethynylestradiol concentration in serum and saliva after oral administration was measured by a rapid radioimmunoassay method developed by the authors. By means of the saliva/serum quotient, and from the concentration of ethynylestradiol in the saliva samples, it was possible to infer the ethynylestradiol content of the serum. Attention is called to the relation between the quotient and time, which should be taken into account when values are calculated.

Ethynyl estradiol content of cervical mucus after administration of oral contraceptive.

It was found by radioimmunoassay that the ethynyl estradiol concentration of the cervical mucus was 8.8 times higher than that of the serum in the first third of the cycle, 14 times higher in the second and 7.3 times higher in the third.

Serum and placenta levels of ethynylestradiol in presence of ethynodiol diacetate after oral administration.

The ethynylestradiol concentration--in the presence of ethynodiol diacetate--in serum after oral administration was measured by a rapid radioimmunoassay method developed by the authors. It was found that the peak level was reached 1 h after administration, and even after 12 h a significant amount of free ethynylestradiol was present in the serum. The transfer of ethynylestradiol into the placenta was also studied in subjects who were 10-12 weeks pregnant.

Effects of LHRH and long-acting LHRH on serum LH and FSH levels of healthy women.

A comparison was made between the stimulatory effects of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) and long acting luteinizing-releasing hormone (I.a. LHRH) on the gonadotropin secretion of normally menstruating women.

[Study of the dissolution rate of ethinyl estradiol from tablets by radioimmunoassay (author's transl)].

The authors investigated the dissolution rate of ethinyl estradiol, a constituent of Biscurin tablets, by radioimmunoassay. 60% of this compound dissolved in artificial intestinal juice within 2 min.

Peripheral concentrations of gonadotrophins and sexual steroids in infertile males.

Relationships between the spermiogram and sex hormones in 104 andrologic patients were studied. Endocrine connections in normal and in pathologic spermiogenesis have been studied. A rather close correlation was found between FSH and ICSH levels.