Effect of sex hormones on oxalate-synthesizing enzymes in male and female rat livers

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 668-673

  Yoshihara, Hideki ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Satoshi ^a   Yachiku, Sunao ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Takayama Urological Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Ethylene glycol; Oxalate metabolism; Sex hormone; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; HYDROXY ACID OXIDASE A; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SERINE PYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; SERINE-PYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LIVER; MALE; OXALATES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0033071043     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61992-X     Document Type: Article

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