Date of Award
8-1967
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Biology
First Advisor
Dr. Willie M. Reams
Second Advisor
Dr. William S. Woolcott
Third Advisor
Dr. Francis B. Leftwich
Abstract
It has been recognized that hyperpigmentation of the skin is the result of eliminating the. -SH inhibition when treatment is by x-irraidiation. The results of a. study by fieams and Schaeffer indicate : a progressive increase of melanocytes in the skin with an increasing dosage of x-irradiation. However, it was also noted that the effect of x-irradiatin on the gastrocnemius of the PET mouse resulted in a decrease in the number of intramuscular melanocytes. The present study was designed to determine whether the changes in the x-irradiated muscle is related to possible changes in -SH concentration.The technique employed is a quantitative measurement of moles ~SH by azo-aryl mercaptide coupling in the normal and the x-irradiated muscles.
Recommended Citation
Shervette, Robert Edward, "A comparative study of the sulfhydryl groups in the gastrocnemius of the normal and X-irradiated PET mouse" (1967). Master's Theses. 968.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/968