Abstract
RECENTLY a number of observations have indicated a relationshipof ascorbic acid to the endocrine control of reproduction. Experimentalresults have shown an effect of hormone preparations on ascorbicacid content of tissues and blood plasma, and converselyascorbic acid has been reported to influence the response of animals tocertain gonadotropic preparations. Mosonyi (1936, 1937) observed a 30 to 40 per cent decrease in theascorbic acid content of the livers and adrenals of guinea pigs afterthe administration of estrogens to females or androgens to males.Nespor (1937) found that there was first a rise and later a fall in theascorbic acid content of the testes of young guinea pigs on the scorbuticdiet after giving gonadotropic hormone. The simultaneous loss byother tissues indicated to him a utilization of ascorbic acid in thetestes at the expense of other tissues.
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