Comparative study on the metabolism of the androgen precursor androstenedione in two gastropod species: In vitro alterations by TBT and TPT

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-413

  Lyssimachou, Angeliki ^a   Ramón, Montserrat ^b,c   Porte, Cinta ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

17 HSD; 5 reductase; Androstenedione metabolism; Bolinus brandaris; Hexaplex trunculus; Testosterone; Tributyltin; Triphenyltin

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; MALE; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BOLINUS BRANDARIS; GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; MURICIDAE;

EID: 60649110643     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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