Differential effect of adrenocorticosteroids on 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase bioactivity at the anterior pituitary and hypothalamus in rats

Steroids

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 448-452

  Idrus, Ruszymah Bt Hj ^a   Mohamad, Nabishah B ^a   Morat, Paden B ^a   Saim, Aminuddin ^a   Abdul Kadir, Khalid B ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

11 OHSD bioactivity; anterior pituitary; glycyrrhizic acid; hypothalamus; rat

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STEROID METABOLISM; TARGET CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030221232     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(96)00091-8     Document Type: Article

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