Effects of dietary fats and proteins on rat testicular steroidogenic enzymes and serum testosterone levels

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 259-269

  McVey, Mark J ^a   Cooke, Gerard M ^a,b   Curran, Ivan H A ^a   Chan, Hing Man ^c   Kubow, Stan ^d   Lok, Eric ^a   Mehta, Rekha ^a  

^a TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary lipids; Dietary proteins; Rat; Steroidogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CASEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 17; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; LARD; SOYBEAN OIL; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAT INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WHEY;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MICROSOMES; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

GLYCINE MAX; RATTUS;

EID: 37049010321     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.08.045     Document Type: Article

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