Mevinolin (lovastatin) inhibits androstenedione production by porcine ovarian theca cells at the level of the 17α-hydroxylase: C-17, 20-lyase complex

Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 2297-2304

  Engelhardt, Heidi ^a   gore langton, R E ^a   Armstrong, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEVINOLIN; PROGESTERONE; RADIOISOTOPE; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME P450C17; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THECA CELL;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMAL; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LOVASTATIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONES; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THECA CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0024523730     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-124-5-2297     Document Type: Article

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