Magnesium utilization during gestation in the rat and effect of hydrocortisone on it.
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Center for Academic Publications Japan in Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
- Vol. 32 (2) , 237-244
- https://doi.org/10.3177/jnsv.32.237
Abstract
The changes of magnesium utilization during pregnancy in rat and the influence of hydrocortisone acetate on it was studied. In the late days of gestation the Mg balance and magnesium content of bone increased significantly. This may be due to a greater requirement at this stage and to bone acting as a store for this cation. Hydrocortisone acetate at a dose of 4 mg/100 g body weight/day decreased the magnesium balance but did not modify the bone content of this mineral. The hormone had a catabolic effect on Longissimus dorsi muscle, producing a loss in magnesium. The effect is directly proportional to the duration of treatment.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- Effect of corticosterone and its route of administration on muscle protein breakdown, measured in vivo by urinary excretion of Nτ-methylhistidine in rats: Response to different levels of dietary protein and energyMetabolism, 1981
- Effect of vitamin D sterols and dietary magnesium on calcium and phosphorous homeostasisAmerican Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1981
- Effects of vitamin D and diet magnesium on magnesium metabolismAmerican Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1980
- Effect of glucocorticoid administration on the rate of muscle protein breakdown in vivo in rats, as measured by urinary excretion of Nτ-methylhistidineBiochemical Journal, 1979
- Effect of Starvation, Refeeding and Hydrocortisone Administration on Turnover of Myofibrillar Proteins Estimated by Urinary Excretion of Nτ-Methylhistidine in the RatAgricultural and Biological Chemistry, 1978
- Intestinal Calcium Absorption in Exogenous HypercortisonismJournal of Clinical Investigation, 1977
- Teratogenic Effects of Magnesium Deficiency in RatsJournal of Nutrition, 1976
- Continuous and Non-Continuous Feeding of Thyroprotein to Finishing SteersJournal of Animal Science, 1973
- Quantitative Microradiographic Studies of Normal and Osteoporotic BoneJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1965
- Effect of alloxan-induced diabetes on magnesium metabolism in rabbitsAmerican Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content, 1960