Effect of long-term centchroman treatment on some estrogen-sensitive biochemical constituents in the genital organs of female rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).

Effect of long-term Centchroman (3,4,-trans-2,2-dimethyl-3-phenyl-4-p-(beta-pyrrolidinoethoxy)-phe nyl)-7-methoxy chroman) treatment on some estrogen-sensitive biochemical parameters in the genital organs of female rhesus monkey was studied. Centchroman treatment did not demonstrate any consistent pattern of stimulation or inhibition in any of the estrogen-sensitive biochemical parameters. However, glycogen recorded a gradual decline in uterus, cervix and vagina. The results thus indicate that Centchroman evoked a mixed response probably due to manifestations of both estrogenic and antiestrogenic properties.