Analysis of pregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone in rodent brain: Cholesterol autoxidation is the key

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2430-2444

  Liere, Philippe ^a   Pianos, Antoine ^a   Eychenne, Bernard ^a   Cambourg, Annie ^a   Bodin, Karl ^b   Griffiths, William ^b,c   Schumacher, Michael ^a   Baulieu, Etienne Emile ^a   Sjövall, Jan ^b  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical artifacts; Conjugated steroids; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Sample preparation

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; MALE; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 70849097776     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M900162-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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