study of the histology and carbohydrate histochemistry of the posterior lingual and palatine salivary glands of rat after estrogen and progesterone administration

ABSTRACT

An investigation of the effect of daily intramuscular administration ofestrogen and/or progesterone, for 21 days at different doses, has beenperformed on female rats to study the histological and histochemicalparticulars of the posterior lingual and palatine glands after hormonization. On the other hand, the increase in acidic mucin when 2.1 mg progesterone iscombined with high estrogen dose, indicates that the antiestrogenic effect ofprogesterone is highly blocked with the increase of estrogen dose