Moderate alcohol consumption in chronic form enhances the synthesis of cholesterol and C-21 steroid hormones, while treatment with Tinospora cordifolia modulate these events in men

Steroids

Volumn 114, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-77

  Kumari, Suman ^a   Mittal, Ashwani ^c   Dabur, Rajesh ^a,b  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b National Research Institute of Basic Ayurvedic Sciences   (India)

^c KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Androstenedione; Biosteroids; Metabolomics; Testosterone; Tinospora cordifolia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLOMICS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; TINOSPORA; URINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ESTRADIOL; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; TINOSPORA;

EID: 84962077733     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: 18785867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2016.03.016     Document Type: Article

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