11-04-2010, 15:29
I don't think the progesterone effect has anything to do with the pituitary. The pituitary doesn't contain or produce progesterone. It releases tropic hormones which stimulate your endrocrine glands to produce hormones. So its effect on progesterone production is an indirect and mediate one.
Progesterone is produced in the ovaries and in smaller parts in the adrenal gland. Thus it's more likely that the progesterone effect comes directly from the progesterone that the dried bovine ovaries contain. It probably also contains estrogen and other hormones. The question is in what ratio. That would pretty much depend on the phase of the cycle the animal was in when it died. On one page that is selling several products containing various dried glands, it said in the description that all glands are from "neonatal" animals (means day 1 - 3) except for the dried ovaries. The reason is supposedly the absence of sufficient amounts of ovarian tissue. I'd assume that it is much rather the absence of a mature cycle and hormone production.
I think the main effect in BO comes from the hormones that the glands still contain. At least that's one possible explanation (which I personally think makes the most sense). But I guess we're never gonna know for sure since none of the sellers bother to supply any solid explanation backed up by science.
Progesterone is produced in the ovaries and in smaller parts in the adrenal gland. Thus it's more likely that the progesterone effect comes directly from the progesterone that the dried bovine ovaries contain. It probably also contains estrogen and other hormones. The question is in what ratio. That would pretty much depend on the phase of the cycle the animal was in when it died. On one page that is selling several products containing various dried glands, it said in the description that all glands are from "neonatal" animals (means day 1 - 3) except for the dried ovaries. The reason is supposedly the absence of sufficient amounts of ovarian tissue. I'd assume that it is much rather the absence of a mature cycle and hormone production.
I think the main effect in BO comes from the hormones that the glands still contain. At least that's one possible explanation (which I personally think makes the most sense). But I guess we're never gonna know for sure since none of the sellers bother to supply any solid explanation backed up by science.