Effects of cytochrome P450 inhibitors and of steroid hormones on the formation of 7-hydroxylated metabolites of pregnenolone in mouse brain microsomes

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 343-350

  Doostzadeh, J ^a   Morfin, R ^a  

^a École Supérieure d Ingénieurs Géomètres Topographes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7ALPHA HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 7BETA HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; ALPHA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 INHIBITOR; EPIANDROSTERONE; FURAFYLLINE; KETOCONAZOLE; METYRAPONE; PHENAZONE; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; QUINIDINE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROSOME; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID HYDROXYLATION;

ANDROSTERONE; ANIMALS; ANTIPYRINE; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROXYLATION; MALE; METYRAPONE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSOMES; PREGNENOLONE;

EID: 0030720779     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1550343     Document Type: Article

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