Investigation of de novo cholesterol synthetic capacity in the gonads of goldfish (Carassius auratus) exposed to the phytosterol beta-sitosterol

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sharpe, Rainie L ^a   Drolet, Melissa ^b   MacLatchy, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; ESTRADIOL; FATTY ACID; SILASTIC; SITOSTEROL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; GONAD; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; SEX FACTORS; SITOSTEROLS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

CARASSIUS AURATUS;

EID: 33845719836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-4-60     Document Type: Article

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