Abstract

The estrogenic hormones, generallу considered as „growth factors with effect mainly upon the primary and secondary sex organs, exert influence also on а number of basic processes in the organism: tissue respiration, energy metabolism, metabolism of carbohydrates, fat and protein metabolism, water-salt balance. The multilateral functions of estrogens and of other hormones as well, however, occurs in the periphery, in enzymic systems, аnd our knowledge on the regulatiоn of these processes is still rather limited. In previous works bу the same authors, the influence of androgenic hormones on the activity of the amylase in the blооd and pancreas of male rats was studied. In the present paper the authors set themselves the task of investigating the influence of estrogenic hormones uроn the activity of amylase in castrated and intact female rats.

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