Ascorbic Acid Depletion Activity of the Pituitary of the Female Anole

Summary

Ovarian ascorbic acid depletion activity was detected in adenohypophyses of sexually mature female green anoles in April, May, and June. The equivalent of five April glands from anoles lacking oviducal eggs, but with heavily yolked, unovulated eggs, evoked depletion approaching that evoked by 0.31 μg of LH.