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Setting New Standards in Steroid Hormone Analysis

SteroIDQ® Kit allows for the simultaneous analysis of a panel of 16 steroid hormones using tandem mass spectrometry from a single blood sample more

News Hormones

• Plastics chemical retards growth, function of adult reproductive cells

  Bisphenol A, a chemical widely used in plastics and known to cause reproductive problems in the offspring of pregnant mice exposed to it, also has been found to retard the growth of follicles of adult mice and hinder their production of steroid hormones, researchers report. Their study is the first more

• Scripps Research scientists watch membrane fission in real time

  Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have solved one of biology's neatest little tricks: they have discovered how a cell's outer membrane pinches a little pouch from itself to bring molecules outside the cell inside — without making holes that leak fluid from either side of the membrane. In more

• IMS HEALTH Forecasts 4.5 - 5.5 Percent Growth for Global Pharmaceutical Market in 2009, Exceeding $820 Billion

  The global pharmaceutical market is expected to grow 4.5 - 5.5 percent next year, a pace similar to 2008, according to the IMS Global Pharmaceutical and Therapy Forecast™ released by IMS Health. The forecast predicts global pharmaceutical sales to surpass $820 billion in 2009, reflecting sustained d more

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• GC-C-IRMS Determination of Hormones
  

  By amending methodology to utilize eVol® for sample preparation processes for GC-C-IRMS C isotope ratio analysis, the ISORA department has: improved sample preparation conditions and the GC-C-IRMS analysis results by removing the risk of ghost peaks, and increased their workflow, been able to work more rapidly while maintaining ergonomic practice for laboratory staff, increased liquid handling accuracy more

Publications Hormones

• Molecules, Vol. 18, Pages 5804-5813: Dried Root of Rehmannia glutinosa Prevents Bone Loss in Ovariectomized Rats

  Dried root of Rehmannia glutinosa is a kidney-tonifying herbal medicine with a long history of safe use in traditional folk medicine for the treatment of joint diseases. This study was conducted to investigate prevention of bone loss by a standardized dried root of R. glutinosa in an ovariectomized more

• Diosgenin quantification, characterisation and chemical composition in a tuber collection of Dioscorea spp. in the state of Jalisco, Mexico

  Summary Dioscorea spp. tubers are known commonly as camote de cerro to the state of Jalisco, México. Besides its use as food, it contains diosgenin, a raw material used widely for synthesising steroid hormones. The purpose of the present research was to determine diosgenin contents by gas chroma more

• Conserved MIP receptor-ligand pair regulates Platynereis larval settlement [Neuroscience]

  Life-cycle transitions connecting larval and juvenile stages in metazoans are orchestrated by neuroendocrine signals including neuropeptides and hormones. In marine invertebrate life cycles, which often consist of planktonic larval and benthic adult stages, settlement of the free-swimming larva to t more

Market studies Hormones

• Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in Western Europe

  Introduction Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in Western Europe industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including ke more

• Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in the United Kingdom

  Introduction Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players includin more

• Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in Spain

  Introduction Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals in Spain industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financi more

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