Effects of phytosterols on the endocrinology and metabolism of the female raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 66, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1475-1488

  Nieminen, Petteri ^a   Mustonen, Anne Mari ^a   Asikainen, Juha ^a   Kukkonen, Jussi V K ^a   Lindström Seppä, Pirjo ^a   Kärkkäinen, Virve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY WEIGHT; CARNIVORA; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HORMONES; KIDNEY; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOSTEROLS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; PROCYON LOTOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041621475     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390306412     Document Type: Article

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