Effect of prenatal exposure to hydroxyprogesterone on steroidogenic enzymes in male rats

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-43

  Pushpalatha, T ^a   Reddy, P Ramachandra ^a   Reddy, P Sreenivasula ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENZYME; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

HORMONE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037282979     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0384-1     Document Type: Article

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