A simplified method for extracting androgens from avian egg yolks

Zoo Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-143

  Kozlowski, Corinne P ^a,b   Bauman, Joan E ^a   Caldwell Hahn, D ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstenedione; Avian yolk; Extraction; Radioimmunoassay; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGG YOLK; OOCYTE; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; OVUM; STRIGIFORMES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 66349136643     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20221     Document Type: Article

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