FORMATION OF STEROIDS BY THE EQUINE FOETAL TESTIS
- 1 July 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Journal of Endocrinology
- Vol. 38 (3) , 331-336
- https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.0380331
Abstract
SUMMARY: The testes were removed from a 9-month horse foetus and incubated with sodium [1–14C]acetate. After the addition of unlabelled steroids, the following radiochemically pure compounds were obtained: cholesterol, dehydroepiandrosterone, testosterone, androst-4-ene-3,17-dione, 17α-hydroxyprogesterone and oestrone. There was no radioactivity associated with the carrier equilenin. The yield of labelled dehydroepiandrosterone greatly exceeded that of testosterone and androst-4-ene-3,17-dione.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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