Physiological correlates of musth: Lipid metabolites and chemical composition of exudates

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 539-549

  Rasmussen, L E L ^a   Perrin, Thomas E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Deviant behavior; Elephants; Ketones; Lipase; pH; Temporal gland; Testosterone; Triglycerides; Urine; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; ACETONE; HYDROCARBON; ISOPRENE; KETONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD PH; ELEPHANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SECRETION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032857166     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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