USE OF SOMATOSTATIN OR ONE OF THE ANALOGS THEREOF FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAMENT SERVING TO REGULATE THE OVARIAN FOLLICULAR RESERVE IN NON-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN

摘要

Use of somatostatin (I), or its agonistic analogs (Ia), to prepare a composition for regulating the ovarian follicular reserve in non-menopausal women, especially to reduce exhaustion of the reserve over time. An independent claim is also included for use of an antagonistic analog (Ib) of somatostatin to prepare a composition for accelerating entry of quiescent follicles into growth, in non-menopausal women. ACTIVITY : Gynecological; Antiinfertility; Dermatological; Osteopathic. MECHANISM OF ACTION : Somatostatin agonist; Somatostatin antagonist. Fragments of ovine ovarian cortex were cultured under 5% carbon dioxide, in nutrient medium, and after 10 days only about 10% of the follicles were in the quiescent state while about 65% had developed into primary follicles. When the test was repeated in presence of 10 -6 M somatostatin, about 65% were still quiescent after 10 days and about 15% had developed into primary follicles.