THE epithelium of the cervix and upper vagina of the cow and certain other animals produces a mucous secretion in which, according to Woodman & Hammond [1925], may be found a mucoprotein belonging to the class of mucin bodies containing mucoitin sulphuric acid, since they identified glucosamine in a specimen of cervical mucus. The chemical composition of this secretion does not appear to have b...

background: childhood masturbation (cm) is considered a variant of normal sexual behavior; however, it is commonly misdiagnosed as epilepsy and movement disorders. as the first study from iran, we analyzed a large population of infants and children with cm in a case-control study and evaluated the value of mucus in urine analysis as an alternative diagnostic tool for cm. methods: a total of 623...

High concentrations of prostaglandins (pg quantities) are found in human and sheep seminal plasma (Bygdeman & Samuelsson, 1966; Bygdeman & Holmberg, 1966). The significance of these large amounts is still not clear despite many investigations, though mainly of a pharmacological nature. Recently, Eskin et al. (1972, 1973) have shown that PGFZu* (but not PGE,) in physiological concentrations incr...