Application of HPLC methods to identify plasma profiles of 11-oxygenated androgens and other steroids in Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus) during gonadal recrudescence

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-227

  Khan, M N ^a   Reddy, P K ^a   Renaud, R L ^a   Leatherland, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgens; Arctic charr; Gonadal recrudescence; HPLC; Ovary; Progestogens; Solid phase extraction; Steroids; Testis

Indexed keywords

11 KETOANDROSTENEDIONE; 11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 11BETA HYDROXYANDROSTENEDIONE; 11BETA HYDROXYTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTISONE; CORTODOXONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; STEROID; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FISH; GLUCURONIDATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TECHNIQUE; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0031456472     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(97)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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