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FREE SIALIC ACIDS IN THE SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETION OF THE GOLDEN HAMSTER

Preliminary observations of the carbohydrate content of the male accessory organs and their secretions in the golden hamster have shown (Fouquet, 1969) that the seminal vesicles and the different lobes of the prostate are devoid of fructose and sorbitol. This contrasts with the finding in most other mammals (Mann, 1964). On the other hand, all glands secrete a small amount of free glucose and contain approximately the same quantity of mesoinositol. The presence of glucose, chiefly in the prostatic secretions, is not an artefact arising from the breakdown of tissue glycogen during either dissection or extraction, as the glandular cells lack the polysaccharide.

Among other unidentified products, there was a large amount of apparently free sialic acid(s), mainly in the vesicular secretion. In