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Studies on folate metabolism in castrated rats and those treated with testosterone

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Nous avons recherché l'effect du testostérone sur la capacité de l'acide folique de se transformer en ses formes actives chez le rat intact. Les résultats permettent de suggérer l'hypothèse que le testostérone est en quelque manière interessé à ce processus biosynthétique.

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Tolomelli, B., Rovinetti, C., Bovina, C. et al. Studies on folate metabolism in castrated rats and those treated with testosterone. Experientia 28, 197–198 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01935757

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