Effects and applications of arthropod steroid hormones (ecdysteroids) in mammals

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Dinan, Laurence ^b,c   Lafont, René ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALLOXAN; CONSTITUTIVE ANDROSTANE RECEPTOR; ECDYSONE; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE; LIVER X RECEPTOR; METANDIENONE; MURISTERONE A; OXYSTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PONASTERONE A; PREGNANE X RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RG 102240; RUBROSTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBUMINURIA; ARTHROPOD; BILE SECRETION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIAPAUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG SPECIFICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LD 50; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER REGENERATION; MAMMAL; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ECDYSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MAMMALS; PHYTOSTEROLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

EID: 33751054112     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06900     Document Type: Review

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