M. C. Shelesnyak, B. Lunenfeld, B. Honig
1963
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Abstract When a single tablet of 2 mg of the ergot-alkaloid, ergocornine, is administered to women who are in the post-ovulatory phase of their menstrual cycle, there is a sharp drop in the level of urinary pregnanediol and oestrogens and a rise in ketosteroids and hydroxycorticosteroids. These results, indicating a depression of progesterone in women after ingestion of a single dose of ergocornine, are consistent with observations on the rat.