Progesterone in Periplaneta americana and Neobellieria bullata adults from the procuticle phase until first progeny production

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 450-460

  Darvas, Béla ^a   Székács, András ^a   Fónagy, Adrien ^a   Szécsi, Mihály ^b   Tóth, István ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ETHISTERONE; ETYNODIOL; ETYNODIOL DIACETATE; LYNESTRENOL; MESTRANOL; MIFEPRISTONE; NORETYNODREL; NORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; MALE; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031239464     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6952     Document Type: Article

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