Ovarian P450 aromatase activity in the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis: Seasonal changes and effects of catecholestrogens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 537-543

  Chourasia, T K ^a   Joy, K P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aromatase activity; Catecholestrogens; Catfish; Fadrozole; Kinetics; Ovarian microsomes; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYESTRADIOL; 2 METHOXYESTRADIOL; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CATECHOL ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 42649095123     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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