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Oestrogens in British pasture plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

G. S. Pope ,
Mary J. McNaughton  and
H. E. H. Jones
G. S. Pope
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
Mary J. McNaughton
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
H. E. H. Jones
Affiliation:
Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry, Middlesex Hospital, London, W.1
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1. Four species of Medicago, six species of Trifolium and fourteen grass species, all frequently found in British dairy pastures, have been tested for oestrogenic activity by the mouse uterine weight method. Activity was detected in four, four and six species respectively.

2. It is probable that the quantity of oestrogen present in British pasture plants is insufficient to affect milk composition in cows at pasture. Some further experiments with cows are, however, suggested which might elucidate this.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , June 1959 , pp. 196 - 202
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1959

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