In vitro metabolism of pregnenolone to 7α-hydroxypregnenolone by rainbow trout embryos

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-249

  Petkam, R ^a   Renaud, R L ^a   Freitas, A M M S ^b   Canario, A V M ^b   Raeside, J I ^a   Kime, D E ^c   Leatherland, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7 Hydroxypregnenolone; Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry; Gonadal steroids; High performance liquid chromatography; Oviparity; Steroid conjugation; Steroid metabolism; Teleost fishes

Indexed keywords

7ALPHA HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; GLUCURONIDE; PREGNENOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; STEROID EXCRETION; STEROID METABOLISM;

EID: 0037403539     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00641-X     Document Type: Article

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