D-aspartic acid is implicated in the control of testosterone production by the vertebrate gonad. Studies on the female green frog, rana esculenta

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-207

  Di Fiore, M M ^a,b   Assisi, L ^b   Botte, V ^b   D'Aniello, A ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM; VERTEBRATE; VITELLOGENESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTRUS; FEMALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RANA ESCULENTA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031810203     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1570199     Document Type: Article

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