Protective effect of some hormones (insulin, testosterone, human chorionic gonadotropins) on testicular damage in alloxan diabetes in rats
Scaffidi, L.; Rotolo, G.; Scaffidi, A.
Minerva Medica 66(85): 4586-4591
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4806 PMID: 1196544 Document Number: 85213
The effect of treatment with insulin, testosterone propionate and HCG on testicular damage in alloxan-induced diabetes was investigated in the rat. Both insulin and HCG offered protection, whereas testosterone, although it reduced blood sugar, did not have this effect. The protective action of HCG may be dependent on a reactive incretion of hypophyseal FSH.