| Abstract: | Cyproterone acetate, a well-known potent anto-androgen, competitively inhibits the action of endogenously and expgenously administered androgens on target organs like the epididymis and ventral prostate (Prasad, Rajalakshmi & Reddy, 1972). Administration of cyproterone acetate to immature 30-day-old rats for 20 days or to adult, sexually mature rate for 15 days, resulted in a marked decrease in the content of sialic acid in the caput and cauda epididymides and a decrease in the secretory activity of the dorsolateral prostate and coagulating glands. The incorporation of (3H) uridine and (3H) phenylaline has been studied in adult rats treated with cyproterone acetate for 15 days. An increased incorporation of (3H) uridine and (3H) phenylalinine was observed in the caput and cauda epididymidis cauda epididymidis followed by the caput epididymidis. However, the increase in incorporation of (3H) phenylalanine was of the same order of magnitude in the caput and cauda epididymidis whereas it was almost insignificant in the ventral prostate. |
