Characterization of 17α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity (17α-HSD) and its involvement in the biosynthesis of epitestosterone

BACKGROUND: Epi-testosterone (epiT) is the 17α-epimer of testosterone. It has been found at similar level as testosterone in human biological fluids. This steroid has thus been used as a natural internal standard for assessing testosterone abuse in sports. EpiT has been also shown to accumulate in m...

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Autores principales: Bellemare, Véronique, Faucher, Frédérick, Breton, Rock, Luu-The, Van
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1185520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16018803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2091-6-12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1185520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16018803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2091-6-12

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