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

• Author(s): Bayunova, L. ; Canario, Adelino V. M. ; Semenkova, T. ; Couto, E. ; Gerasimov, A. ; Barannikova, I.
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3888
• Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Subject(s): Stellate sturgeon male; Glucuronides; Sulfates; Steroids
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

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.