Heme availability affects corticosterone and aldosterone biosynthesis in rat adrenal

Steroids

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 767-770

  Martini, Claudia N ^a   De Avalos, Silvia G Vaena ^a   Romero, Damián G ^a   De Viale, Leonor San Martín ^a   Vila, María del Carmen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

3.5 diethoxycarbonyl 1,4 dihydro 2,4,6 trimethylpyridine (DDC); Aldosterone; Biosynthesis; Corticosterone; Heme; Rat adrenal

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,4,6 TRIMETHYL 3,5 PYRIDINEDICARBOXYLIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; ALDOSTERONE; CATALASE; CORTICOSTERONE; HEME; HEMIN; PORPHYRIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEME SYNTHESIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

5-AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHETASE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DICARBETHOXYDIHYDROCOLLIDINE; FERROCHELATASE; HEME; HEMIN; LIVER; MALE; PORPHYRINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031466049     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(97)00074-3     Document Type: Article

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