The discovery, isolation and identification of aldosterone: Reflections on emerging regulation and function

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Tait, Sylvia A S ^a   Tait, James F ^a   Coghlan, John P ^b,c,d,e  

^a Granby Court ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Angiotensin; Eplerenone

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTISONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ELECTROLYTE; ENALAPRIL; EPLERENONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOASSAY; CHRONOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; HISTORY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHEEP; STEROID RELEASE; TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CLINICAL TRIALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PROTEINS; SPIRONOLACTONE; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 2342557291     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2003.10.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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