Levels of plasma C19 steroids and 5α-reduced C19 steroid glucuronides in primates, rodents, and domestic animals

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 271, Issue 2 34-2, 1996, Pages

  Guillemette, Chantal ^a   Hum, Dean W ^a   Bélanger, Alain ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

androgen metabolism; dehydroepiandrosterone; glucuronosyltransferase; steroid conjugates

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE; GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; GLUCURONIC ACID; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE LEVEL; CATTLE; DOG; FEMALE; GLUCURONIDATION; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MALE; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SKIN; STEROID BINDING; STEROID METABOLISM; SWINE; TISSUE LEVEL; ANIMAL; BILE; BLOOD; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIMATE; RODENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; URINE;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BILE; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRIMATES; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RODENTIA; SKIN; STEROIDS;

EID: 0029760979     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.271.2.e348     Document Type: Article

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