Androgen synthesis and aromatization by equine corpus luteum microsomes
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Androgen synthesis and aromatization by equine corpus luteum microsomes.
Whereas mare corpus luteum does not produce androgens or estrogens in vivo, the incubation of mare corpus luteum microsomes with progesterone and NADPH resulted in 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone and estrogen production with a small yield of androstenedione. In the presence of an aromatase inhibitor (4-hydroxyandrostenedione), 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone and androstenedione were accumulated. Arom...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)83216-1