Steroids in aquatic invertebrates.

Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 109 - 130
Published: Jan 20, 2007
Abstract
Steroid molecules are present in all invertebrates, and some of them have established hormonal roles: this is the case for ecdysteroids in arthropods and, to a lesser extent, for vertebrate-type steroids in molluscs. Steroids are not only hormones, they may also fulfill many other functions in chemical communication, chemical defense or even digestive physiology. The increasing occurrence of endocrine disruption problems caused by environmental...
Paper Details
Title
Steroids in aquatic invertebrates.
Published Date
Jan 20, 2007
Volume
16
Issue
1
Pages
109 - 130
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