Free androgens and progestins and their conjugated forms in serum and urine of stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus Pallas) males

Bayunova L., Canario A., Semenkova T., Couto E., Gerasimov A., Barannikova I.

Published date: July 2008
Volume: 32
Number: 2 suppl.
Pagination: 273-274
Publisher: Société Française d’Ichtyologie
doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2008-322SP-140
Abstract

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.

Keywords: Glucuronides - Stellate sturgeon male - Steroids - Sulfates
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