background: anabolic-androgenic steroids are used at high doses by athletes for improving athletic ability, physical appearance and muscle mass. therefore, the abuse of these steroids has been significantly increased. many undesirable side effects of these steroids on the male reproductive function have been reported, however, little is known about their effects on sexual behavior and tissues o...

The most pathological conditions that adversely affect the reproductive function in men of mature age is formed precisely adolescence as a result from hypoandrogenism (HA), - decrease production male sex hormones (androgens) below norm. Therefore, ability to predict course HA adolescent boys allows prevent serious health problems future. Purpose determine significant prognostic criteria for adv...

OBJECTIVE The authors investigated the use and perceived use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) among nonathlete college students. PARTICIPANTS The authors surveyed a sample of 485 nonathlete college students at a major metropolitan university. METHODS They administered a survey on use and perceived use of AAS to the students. RESULTS Forty-two participants (9%) reported using AAS (37 ...

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Beef and its products are an important source of nutrition in many human societies. Methods of production vary and include the use of hormonal compounds ('hormones') to increase growth and lean tissue with reduced fat deposition in cattle. The hormonal compounds are naturally occurring in animals or are synthetically produced xenobiotics and have oestrogenic (oestradiol-17beta and its esters; z...

haploid microspore-derived embryos (mdes) of wheat were obtained by in vitro androgenesis. these  embryos were employed to evaluate the transient expression of gus gene (uida) following particle bombardment. using the bio-rad pds-1000/he system, the physical parameters including rupture disk pressure (900, 1100 and 1350 psi); microprojectile travel distance (6 and 9 cm); gold particles size (0....

BACKGROUND Alcohol is one of the most common causes of liver disease in the Western World today. Randomised clinical trials have examined the effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids for alcoholic liver disease. OBJECTIVES The objectives were to assess the beneficial and harmful effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids for patients with alcoholic liver disease based on the results of randomised...