Inhibition of rat and human steroidogenesis by triazole antifungals

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 214-226

  Goetz, Amber K ^a,b   Rockett, John C ^a   Ren, Hongzu ^a   Thillainadarajah, Inthirany ^a   Dix, David J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CYP17; Myclobutanil; Propiconazole; Testosterone; Triadimefon

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 17; ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; MYCLOBUTANIL; PROGESTERONE; PROPICONAZOLE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIADIMEFON; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; NITRILES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 72949088372     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396360903234045     Document Type: Article

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