Table 3.

Concentration of glycogen in the vaginal tract across mammalian species.

Order	Species	Common name	Vaginal glycogen content		References
			Tissue (μg/100 mg of wet tissue)	Genital fluid (Glycogen:Protein [μg/μg])
RODENTIA
	Mesocricetus auratus	Golden Hamster	182.78	–	Gregoire and Guinness, 1968
	Mus musculus	House Mouse	68.98	–	Balmain et al., 1956
	Oryctolagus cuniculus	European Rabbit	44.00	–	Gregoire and Hafs, 1971
	Rattus norvegicus	Brown Rat	35.56	–	Shukla et al., 1989
PRIMATES
	Homo sapiens	Human (non-BV)	1395.75	–	Gregoire et al., 1971
			–	0.2	Mirmonsef et al., 2012
		Human (BV)	–	0.04	Mirmonsef et al., 2012
	Macaca mulatta	Rhesus Macaque	603.67	–	Gregoire and Parakkal, 1972
			–	0.004	Mirmonsef et al., 2012
	Macaca nemestrina	Pig-Tailed Macaque	–	<0.001	Mirmonsef et al., 2012