A close relationship between androgen levels and eumelanogenesis in the teleost red seabream (Pagrus major): Quantitative analysis of its seasonal variation and effects of oral treatment with methyl-testosterone

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-189

  Adachi, Kohsuke ^a,b   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^c   Ito, Shosuke ^c   Matsubara, Hajime ^d,e   Nomura, Kazuharu ^d   Tanaka, Hideki ^d   Kato, Keitaro ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^e Tokyo University of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Androgen; Eumelanin; Red seabream; Seasonal variation; Teleost

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 4 AMINO 3 HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; EUMELANIN; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; PHENYLALANINE; PHEOMELANIN; PYRROLE 2,3,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EUMELANOGENESIS; FEMALE; GONAD; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA BREAM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKIN COLOR;

PAGRUS MAJOR; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77950060900     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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