For studying the effects of different levels of testosterone propionate on growth, survival and sex-ratio, five different doses such as 125, 100, 75, 50, 25 mg hormone per kg feed were administered to 5-day old Clarias gariepinus fry through diet for a period of 40 days. The growth performance in terms of weight and length gain of the fry receiving 100 and 75 mg hormone per kg feed were signifi...

SummaryMale breast cancers are rare but have been found in higher proportions in Black Africans. Prognostic factors for breast cancers include tumour size, grade and stage, and hormone receptor status. The hormone receptor status is an invaluable guide in the use of adjuvant endocrine therapy, but none of the reports available in the literature from Africa showed any receptor work.This study wa...

background: diminished libido and sexual dysfunction are unusually common among male epileptic patients. the most important etiologic factor may be antiepileptic drugs (aeds)-induced androgen deficiency. we compared reproductive hormone levels among men with epilepsy taking various aeds and normal controls. methods: subjects were 59 male epileptic patients who aged 24 ± 5 years. they had been r...

Neonatal administration of monosodium glutamate (MSG) can produce latently expressed defects in drug metabolism and growth hormone secretion as well as stunted growth and obesity. Instead of secreting growth hormone in the masculine episodic profile, plasma hormone levels are generally undetectable in affected adult male rats. Moreover, male-specific isoforms of cytochrome P450 (P450; e.g., CYP...

background: wide range of disorders ranging from genetic disorders to coital difficulties can influence male fertility. in this regard, genetic factors are highlighted as the most frequent, contributed to 10-15%, of male infertility causes. objective: to investigate the influence of genetic abnormalities on semen quality and reproductive hormone levels of infertile men from northeast china. mat...

Familial combined pituitary hormone deficiency is a rare endocrine disorder. We describe growth patterns of four children (3 females and 1 male) from two families with combined pituitary hormone deficiency. These children received growth hormone at ages ranging from 14.5 years to 19 years. While all the female siblings reached their target height, the male sibling was much shorter than mid pare...

ghrelin is an orexigenic peptide secreted by the stomach. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of three weeks of endurance training on plasma and fundus ghrelin as well as growth hormone (gh), cortisol hormone and weight in male wistar rats. 20 male wistar rats (14–16 weeks old) were randomly assigned to control (n =10) and training (n=10) groups. the rats in the training group e...