Hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase activity in the rat brain and liver as a function of age and sex

Steroids

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 427-436

  Rajkowski, Krzysztof M ^a,b   Robel, Paul ^a   Baulieu, Etienne Emile ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase; Neurosteroid; Pregnenolone sulfate

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTRONE; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; HYDROXYSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; FETUS; LIVER; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030908825     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(97)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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