Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of injectable testosterone undecanoate in castrated cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) are independent of different oil vehicles

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 178-187

  Wistuba, Joachim ^a   Luetjens, C Marc ^a   Kamischke, Axel ^a   Gu, Yi Qun ^b   Schlatt, Stefan ^a   Simoni, Manuela ^a   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

Author keywords

Castor oil; Macaque; Pharmacokinetics; Soybean oil; Tea seed oil; Testosterone undecanoate

Indexed keywords

CASTOR OIL; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOYBEAN OIL; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; EJACULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CASTOR OIL; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSTATE; SOYBEAN OIL; TEA TREE OIL; TESTOSTERONE; VEHICLES;

GLYCINE MAX; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 21644451146     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2005.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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