Journal article
Arachidonic acid stimulates steroidogenesis in goldfish preovulatory ovarian follicles
Abstract
The possibility that arachidonic acid (AA) plays a role in the regulation of steroidogenesis in goldfish was investigated using preovulatory ovarian follicles incubated in vitro. AA was shown to act in a time- and dose-dependent manner to stimulate testosterone production. AA in the range of 10(-5) to 10(-4) M increased testosterone production within 2 hr and had a maximal effect by 9 hr. The magnitude of the testosterone response to AA was …
Authors
Van Der Kraak G; Chang JP
Journal
General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 221–228
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 1990
DOI
10.1016/0016-6480(90)90306-7
ISSN
0016-6480