Effects of s-Petasin on corticosterone realease in rats

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 137-142

  Chang, Ling Ling ^a   Tseng, Yi Ching ^b   Lin, Yun Lian ^c   Wun, Wan Song Alfred ^d   Wang, Paulus S ^b,c  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Rat; S petasin; Zona fasciculata reticularis cells

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATOR; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; FORSKOLIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PREGNENOLONE; S PETASIN; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; TRILOSTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PETASITES HYBRIDUS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; ZONA FASCICULATA;

EID: 0037207083     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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