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In pyridine, as in 2-propanol, the selectivity of reduction favors the A" -3-ketone over the 17- and 20-ketones.Kupfer suggests that resonance interactions between the double bond and the 3-ketone are smaller in pyridine and in 2-propanol than in methanol. However, by slow addition (1 hour) of one equivalent of NaBH4 in pyridine to a solution of androst-4-ene-3,17-dione i n methanol, testosterone has been obtained in good yield (72 %). Similarly,... 

Androderm, anotiier transdermal system, is applied nightly to clean, dry skin on the abdomen, tiiigh, back, or upper arm. This system is not applied to die scrotum. Sites are rotated, witii 7 days between application to any specific site The system is applied immediately after opening the pouch and removing die protective covering. If the patient has not exhibited a therapeutic response after 8 weeks of tiierapy, another form of testosterone replacement therapy should be considered. 

The ceUular source of the various ovarian steroids has been difficult to unravel, but a transfer of substrates between two cell types is involved. Theca cells are the source of androstenedione and testosterone. These are converted by the aromatase enzyme in granulosa cells to estrone and estradiol, respectively. Progesterone, a precursor for all steroid hormones, is produced and secreted by the corpus luteum as an end-product hormone because these cells do not contain the enzymes necessary to convert progesterone ro other steroid hormones (Figure 42-8). 

The metabolism of trichloroethylene, as measured by the levels of excreted urinary metabolites, differs significantly between men and women, although study results are inconsistent (Inoue et al. 1989 Kimmerle and Eben 1973b Nomiyama and Nomiyama 1971). It does appear, however, that women excrete more urinary TCA than do men (Kimmerle and Eben 1973b Nomiyama and Nomiyama 1971). Testosterone has been implicated as a factor in the lower absorption of trichloroethylene in male rats compared with females (Kadry et al. 1991b McCormick and Abdel-Rahman 1991), and the same effect may occur in humans. 

Penicillium lilacimm transformed testosterone successively to androst-4-ene-3,17-dione and testololactone (Prairie and Talalay 1963) once again the oxygen atom is introduced into ring D at the quaternary position between C13 and C17. 

The determinants of F. have been subject to experimentation mostly in field and captive studies of ungulates. These support the expected association between the frequency and occurrence of Flehmen and the seasonality of reproduction. The elicitation of F. can also depend upon the social context presentation of urine or other stimuli alone may not produce consistent displays. When conspecific urine was tested out of context (i.e. no female present) in male Black-tailed deer, there was no discrimination between urine from individual adult males or between urine from estrous/non-estrous females (Altieri, 1980). Correlation of male endocrine status in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) showed that the elevation of testosterone during rut and the duration of F. elicited by female urine was coincident F. bouts during rat were twice as long following exposure to adult female urine as to that of immature females (Mossing and Damber, 1981). 

The summary of Pe values for the steroids as a function of stirring rates is found in Table 11 and their correlations with log PC (n-octanol-water) in Figure 20. The transport kinetics of the relatively hydrophilic hydrocortisone and dexa-methasone are controlled by passive diffusion across the cell monolayer. On the other hand, the Pe values of testosterone and progesterone are highly dependent on stirring rate. The results for testosterone are used to obtain the relationships between the effective permeability coefficients of the ABL on the donor and receiver sides and the stirring rate, using the linear expression (see Eq. (69)]... 

Peters, A. 2007. Testosterone and carotenoids An integrated view of trade-offs between immunity and sexual signaling. BioEssays 29 427 -30. 

Temperature changes could also have another effect. Steroidal ketones have been demonstrated to have nearly degenerate zn-n and states, and the possibility of a thermal equilibrium between those states has been pointed out. 146> In fact, testosterone acetate and 10-methyl-A -oct alone, both very similar molecules to the reactant in Eq. 55, undergo photoreactions from two different triplet states. 144> So we ought to consider what the reactivity of the n-n state would be, and whether product distribution would differ from the two states. If so, temperature variation could change product distribution due to a change in the relative proportions of triplet states. 

As to the primary developmental actions of testosterone, growth and differentiation appear to be involved. Testosterone or estradiol stimulates outgrowth of neurites from developing hypothalamic neurons that contain estrogen receptors [14, 15]. This is believed to be one of the principal aspects of testosterone action that increases the number and the size of neurons within specific hypothalamic nuclei in males, compared to females [1, 14, 15]. 5a-DHT may have a similar effect on androgen-sensitive neurons. Differentiation of target neurons also occurs in adult brain tissue, hormones like estradiol can evoke responses that differ between adult male and female rats [1,14,15],... 

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