IN VIVO METABOLISM OF STEROID HORMONES BY SOCKEYE SALMON: (A) IMPAIRED HORMONE CLEARANCE IN MATURE AND SPAWNED PACIFIC SALMON (O. NERKA) (B) PRECURSORS OF 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Physiology
• Main Authors: Idler, D. R., Truscott, B., Freeman, H. C., Chang, V., Schmidt, P. J., Ronald, A. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1963
• Subjects: General Medicine; Pacific; Sockeye; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/o63-100; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/o63-100

Intra-arterially injected cortisone-4-C 14 and cortisol-4-C 14 were cleared from the plasma of sexually mature and spawned sockeye salmon (O. nerka) at a much slower rate than from the plasma of immature sockeye and spawned Atlantic salmon (S. salar). The results explain the elevated hormone levels...