Hormonal steroidogenesis in liver and small intestine of the green frog, Rana esculenta L.

Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 2921-2930

  Belvedere, Paola ^a   Dalla Valle, Luisa ^a   Vianello, Silvia ^a   Carnevali, Oliana ^b   Colombo, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Intestine; Liver; Rana esculenta; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHOLESTEROL; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; HORMONAL REGULATION; INCUBATION TIME; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 20-ALPHA-DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RANA ESCULENTA; SEX FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0035798218     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01377-7     Document Type: Article

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