ALLEN, Edgar (1892 – 1943)
1892 – 1943
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1923 CE
#1183
An ovarian hormone.
Isolation of the active principle of the ovarian hormone (oestrin). More detailed account in J. biol. Chem., 1924, 61, 711-23.
1924 CE
#1184
The induction of a sexually mature condition in immature females by injection of the ovarian follicular hormone.
Test for recognition of the estrus hormone.
1927 CE
#1185
The menstrual cycle of the monkey, Macacus rhesus. Observations on normal animals, the effects of removal of the ovaries and the effects of injection of ovarian and placental extracts into the spayed animals.
This paper marks the beginning of modern knowledge of the menstrual cycle. Allen showed that uterine bleeding occurs as a withdrawal effect when estrogen ceases to act on the endometrium.
1932 CE
#1197
Sex and internal secretions; a survey of recent research.
Second edition, 1939, with C. H. Danforth and E. A. Doisy.