Corticosterone(皮质酮)是一种在肾上腺皮质中产生的类固醇激素,可与糖皮质激素和盐皮质激素受体结合。它是响应 ACTH(促肾上腺皮质激素)而产生的,是醛固酮合成的前体。由于糖皮质激素的产生增加由于压力,它通常被用作压力的生物标志物。 血浆皮质酮水平具有昼夜节律变化,皮质酮可能在调节睡眠-觉醒周期中很重要。图1.Corti...
The significance of this finding for the natural processes by which pregnenolone is converted by the same subcellular fraction into the male sex hormone is examined in the light of the hypothesis that intermediates involved in steroidogenesis are transient, reactive complexes of the appropriate reactant...
Investigations on the estrogenic activity of the metallohormone cadmium in the rat intestine Cadmium (Cd), a toxic heavy metal and an important environmental pollutant, is now also regarded as potential endocrine disruptor. Its estrogenic effects h... H Nicola,D Patrick,W Jürgen,... 被引量: ...