Androgen and androgen metabolite levels in serum and urine of East African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii): Comparison of EIA and LC-MS analyses

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-343

  Preis, Anna ^a   Mugisha, Lawrence ^b,c   Hauser, Barbara ^a   Weltring, Anja ^a   Deschner, Tobias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary   (Uganda)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; EIA; Helix pomatia glucuronidase sulphatase; LC MS; Serum; Testicular function; Testosterone; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE; EPIANDROSTERONE; EPITESTOSTERONE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 83555165204     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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