Determination of Seven Unconjugated Steroids in the Blood and Seminal Plasma of the Fertile Male Rabbit
| Autor: | S. K. Saksena, M.C. Chang, I.F. Lau |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
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Male
medicine.medical_specialty Estrone Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Radioimmunoassay Andrology Endocrinology Semen Internal medicine Blood plasma Animals Medicine Testosterone Gonadal Steroid Hormones Estradiol business.industry Androstenedione Dihydrotestosterone Dehydroepiandrosterone Pregnenolone Rabbits business Male rabbit |
| Zdroj: | Hormone Research. 8:117-124 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0046 0301-0163 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000178788 |
| Popis: | Seven unconjugated steroids were measured in the blood and seminal plasmas of fertile male rabbits by radioimmunoassay. The blood plasma testosterone concentration was 4--5 times that of the seminal plasma. Dehydroepiandrosterone, estrone and 17beta-estradiol were found in measurable amounts in the blood plasma; however, these steroid levels were slightly lower in seminal plasma. Androstenedione and 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone were present in equal quantities in both the seminal and blood plasmas. By contrast, seminal plasma pregnenolone level was about twice that of the blood plasma. The determination of seminal plasma steroids may lend itself as a complementary assessment to blood steroid determinations for the evaluation of the normal function of various reproductive organs. |
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