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Table 2 Number of COCs per ovary in rats primed with eCG at 21 days of ages.

From: Immature rats show ovulatory defects similar to those in adult rats lacking prostaglandin and progesterone actions

Treatment

Total COCs

COCs located in

  

Corpus luteum

Interstitium

Ovarian Bursa

Oviduct

Vehicles

35.4 ± 3.52

17.2 ± 1.47

2.6 ± 0.85

0.6 ± 0.24

15.0 ± 2.72

PGE1

33.2 ± 4.20

11.0 ± 2.42

2.3 ± 1.02

1.2 ± 0.58

19.0 ± 3.40

PGE2

33.2 ± 1.62

10.2 ± 2.80

0.6 ± 0.39

3.6 ± 2.59

18.8 ± 3.38

P4

45.6 ± 7.77

17.2 ± 2.97

3.4 ± 1.06

5.8 ± 3.10

19.2 ± 5.45

P4 + PGE1

34.6 ± 5.17

14.6 ± 3.37

0.6 ± 0.39

0.8 ± 0.37

18.6 ± 2.82

P4 + PGE2

35.2 ± 6.85

15.6 ± 3.10

0.6 ± 0.39

5.7 ± 2.85

14.2 ± 1.63

  1. Values are the mean ± SEM for n= 5.