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Crystalline strus-producing Hormone from Horse (Stallion) Urine

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PROF. B. ZONDEK1 has published results on the high quantities of œstrus-producing hormone present in horse (stallion) urine. By application of the method employed in this Institute for the preparation of crystalline strogenic hormones from the urine of pregnant mares, a few milligrams of crystals of high œstrogenic activity were obtained from 5 litres of horse urine.

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  1. NATURE, 133, 209, Feb. 10; 494, March 31, 1934.

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DEULOFEU, V., FERRARI, J. Crystalline strus-producing Hormone from Horse (Stallion) Urine. Nature 133, 835 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133835a0

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