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