Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The objective of this study was to observe the changes in activity of antioxidant enzymes, hepatic glucose homeostasis, lipogenic enzymes and lipid metabolism, serum lipid profile and liver function occurring in livers of female rats of 3, 12 and 24 months age groups, and to see whether these changes are restored to 3 months control levels rats after exogenous administration of steroid hormone estrogens (17-β-estradiol, E2).Methods: The ...