Use of ethanol for preserving steroid and indoleamine hormones in bird plasma

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-195

  Goymann, Wolfgang ^a   Schwabl, Ingrid ^a   Trappschuh, Monika ^a   Hau, Michaela ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; 5 Dihydrotestosterone; Corticosterone; DHT; Ethanol; Melatonin; Plasma preservation; Radioimmunoassay; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; INDOLEAMINE; MELATONIN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33845443422     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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