As the chronological age increases, there is a physiological decline in reproductive potential of women. Moreover, the chronological age of women may not reflect the biological age of her ovaries. Various endocrine markers have been used to assess the ovarian reserve. The changing pattern of the endocrine markers; follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol (E2) and ...

background: asparagus is a plant with high nutritional, pharmaceutical, and industrial values. objective: the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of asparagus roots on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis hormones and oogenesis in female rats. materials and methods: in this experimental study, 40 adult female wistar rats were divided into five groups, which consist ...

The purification of a growth factor from bovine pituitary glands that controls the division of an ovarian cell line maintained in tissue culture is reported. Extraction of bovine pituitary glands at pH 4.5 followed by ammonium sulfate precipitation, chromatography on carboxymethylcellulose, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-50 gives yields of ovarian growth factor of about 7 mg/kg of glands. Con...

Background and Objective: It is well known that menstrual period and ovarian function are affected by chemotherapy. Although breast cancer is the most common cause of chemotherapy in women and ovarian hormones have very important direct and indirect effects on overall survival, disease-free survival, and...

Hormonal and neural signals participate in regulating the synthesis and release of steroid hormones from the adrenals, ovaries and testicles. Hormonal signals arise from the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, thymus, adipose tissue, as well as from the adrenals, ovaries and testicles. Neural signals originating in the hypothalamus and other regions of the central and peripheral nervous system mo...