ArticleConservation physiology2019
Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for the quantification of steroid hormone profiles in blubber from stranded humpback whales (
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- A sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analytical method of steroid hormones in small blubber samples from four whale species.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Rapidity and Precision of Steroid Hormone Measurement.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Blubber endocrine profiles provide insights into reproductive biology in blue whales from the eastern North Pacific Ocean.General and comparative endocrinology · 2021Article
- Stress and reproductive events detected in North Atlantic right whale blubber using a simplified hormone extraction protocol.Conservation physiology · 2021Article
- Patterns of cortisol and corticosterone concentrations in humpback whale (Conservation physiology · 2021Article
- Androstenedione and testosterone but not progesterone are potential biomarkers of pregnancy in Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) approaching parturition.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
Marine mammal blubber is known to have quantifiable concentrations of steroid hormones and is increasingly chosen as a matrix for the detection of these reproductive and stress biomarkers. Steroid hormones act through complex cascades, often in concert, yet studies conducted on cetaceans have rarely measured more than two steroids simultaneously. Due to the role of steroid hormones in multiple physiological processes, and variability in concentration among individuals, data on single compounds are often difficult to interpret. Here a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous analyses of multiple steroid hormones in cetacean blubber was validated and applied to samples from 10 stranded humpback whales (
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