Free androgens and progestins and their conjugated forms in serum and urine of ...

• Autor(es): Bayunova, L. ; Canario, Adelino V. M. ; Semenkova, T. ; Couto, E. ; Gerasimov, A. ; Barannikova, I.
• Data: 2008
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3888
• Origem: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Assunto(s): Stellate sturgeon male; Glucuronides; Sulfates; Steroids
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

Stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus Pallas) males from Volga River treated with LH-RH-A showed an increase of free, sulfated and glucuronided sex steroid levels in serum and urine at spermiation. Conjugated forms of sex steroids could act as pheromones in sturgeon.