Effects of megestrol acetate and testosterone on body composition in castrated male Sprague-Dawley rats

Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 465-473

  Engelson, Ellen S ^a,b   Xavier Pi Sunyer, F ^a   Kotler, Donald P ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Food efficiency; Food intake; Megestrol acetate; P ratio; Steroid hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MEGESTROL ACETATE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATION; CATABOLISM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATION; DRUG IMPLANTS; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PLACEBOS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033153052     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(99)00053-2     Document Type: Article

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