Browsing School of Medicine by Author "Odongo, H"
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In vivo and in vitro effects of graded doses of the pesticide heptachlor on female sex steroid hormone production in rats
Wango, EO; Oduma, JA; Okelo, D Oduor; Makawiti, Dominic W; Odongo, H (Pergamon, 1995-05-01)Adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with corn oil or 5 mg, 20 mg, 25 mg or 30 mg per kg body weight of heptachlor solution every other day for up to 18 days. The rats were killed at the end of the experimental ... -
The pesticide heptachlor affects steroid hormone secretion in isolated follicular and luteal cells of rat
Oduma, JA; Okelo, D O; Odongo, H; Makawiti, Dominic W (Elsevier, 2006-09-01)Heptachlor, a chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide, suppresses the production of progesterone and estradiol in the female rat in vivo or in isolated ovaries in vitro. In this study the effect of heptachlor on steroid ...