Effects of ethanol intoxication on LH receptors and glucose oxidation in Leydig cells of adult albino rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 641-648

  Rengarajan, Srinivasan ^a   Malini, Thayman ^a   Sivakumar, Ramdoss ^a   Govindarajulu, Pera ^a   Balasubramanian, Karundevi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

17 KSR; 3 HSD; Ethanol; Glucose oxidation; Leydig cell; LH receptors; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL; ENZYME; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; OXIDIZING AGENT; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBINISM; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; LEYDIG CELL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; STOMACH INTUBATION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0345307593     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(03)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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