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PITUITARY and chorionic gonadotrophins accelerate the synthesis of testosterone from acetate in dog testes in vivo1 and in rabbit testes in vitro2. It is known that reduced triphosphopyridine nucleotide (TPNH) is required for steroid synthesis3, and there is some evidence indicating that gonadotrophic hormones influence dehydrogenase activity in target glands. Thus, Samuels4 showed stimulation of 3-β-ol-dehydrogenase by chorionic gonadotrophin in rat testis and Niemi5 examined histochemically hormonal influences on d-1-β-hydroxybutyric and hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases.
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SCHOR, N., CARA, J. & PEREZ, A. Hormonal Dependence of Oxidative Enzymes in the Testis of the Rat. Nature 198, 1310 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981310a0
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