Effects of estrogen and testosterone on the metabolism of mevalonate by the shunt pathway.

Mevalonate is metabolized by a sterol-forming and a non-sterol-forming, also called the ''shunt'', pathway. Effects of estrogen and testosterone administration on the shunt activity were examined in male and female Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats. Shunt activity was determined in...

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Main Authors: P S Brady, R F Scofield, S Mann, B R Landau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1983-09-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520379001