Steroid hormones are extremely important natural hormones in all vertebrates. They control
a wide range of physiological processes, including osmoregulation, sexual maturity …

The extrapolation of biological data across species is a key aspect of biomedical research
and drug development. In this context, comparative biology considerations are applied with …

This brief review questions the belief that just because it is possible to measure vertebrate
steroids (such as estradiol-17β, testosterone and progesterone) in the tissues of …

Background The environmental prevalence of widely prescribed human pharmaceuticals
that target key evolutionary conserved biomolecules present across phyla is concerning …

The presence of plastic cosmetic microbeads in the environment due to their extensive use
in society and inevitable dispersal into wastewater is concerning. Therefore, it is vital to …

Snail's embryotoxicity test is a suitable approach for toxicity assay of traditional and
emerging pollutants, environmental risk assessment, as well as screening and development …

Abstract 17α-methyltestosterone (MT) is an exogenous anabolic steroid hormone used
widely in aquafarming. This study aimed to emphasize the environmental hazards of MT …

The presence of the vertebrate steroids, testosterone (T) and 17β-estradiol in mollusks is
often cited as evidence that they are involved in the control of their reproduction. In this …

Over time, a growing increase in human pollutants in the aquatic environment has been
observed. The global presence of residues in water bodies reinforces the need to develop …

In vertebrates, the steroidogenesis enzyme 5α-reductase converts testosterone to the more
potent androgen 5α-dihydrotestosterone. Homologues of 5α-reductase genes have been …