A phytooxysterol, 28-homobrassinolide modulates rat testicular steroidogenesis in normal and diabetic rats.
Steroidogenesis in testicular cells depends upon the availability of cholesterol within testicular mitochondria besides the activities of 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3beta-HSD, 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase [17b-HSD]), and the tissue levels .....