Oxidative metabolism of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and biologically active oxygenated metabolites of DHEA and epiandrosterone (EpiA) - Recent reports

Steroids

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 10-26

  Kihel, Laïla El ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHE SUR LE MÉDICAMENT DE NORMANDIE   (France)

Author keywords

DHEA metabolites activities; Epiandrosterone; Hydroxy DHEA; Hydroxy EpiA; Oxidative DHEA metabolism; Oxygenated DHEA metabolites

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; EPIANDROSTERONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PRASTERONE;

ADIPOGENESIS; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE; LIVER; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS;

ANDROSTERONE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYLATION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINES; LIVER; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RABBITS; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 83655201236     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: 18785867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2011.09.008     Document Type: Review

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