[Effect of maternal toxic hepatitis on the functional characteristics of the lactation process].

The authors have studied the influence of chronic heliotrine intoxication on female rats subjected to it before their pregnancy and on the quantity of proteins, carbohydrates, activity of enzymes and immunocompetent cells (ICC) of rats milk during the period of breast feeding. Decrease in an amount of proteins and carbohydrates since the third day of lactation, lowering in dipeptidhydrolase, r-amilase and maltase activity were observed in the study. It has been also seen the decrease in an amount of ICC (monocytes, macrophages, small lymphocytes) just after parturitions. This deacrease was mostly expressed on the 14th day of lactation. IC cells were not determined in milk on the 21st day of breast feeding.