Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and the adrenal-kidney-pituitary axis in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1525-1527

  Al Qarawi, A A ^a   Abdel Rahman, H A ^a   Ali, B H ^a,b   El Mougy, S A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Aldosterone; Liquorice; Pituitary; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; FREEZE DRYING; GLYCYRRHIZA; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RENIN RELEASE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; GLYCYRRHIZA; HYDROCORTISONE; KIDNEY; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RENIN; SODIUM;

GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA;

EID: 0036774976     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00080-7     Document Type: Article

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