THE IN VIVO METABOLISM OF CORTISOL AND CORTICOSTERONE BY THE MACAQUE MONKEY (Macaca fascicularis)
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 78 (1) , 91-109
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0780091
Abstract
[4-14C] Cortisol was administered intramuscularly to one adult female macaque monkey, MF3 (Macaca fascicularis). To adult female macaque monkey, MF4, [4-14C]corticosterone was administered intramuscularly. Urine samples were collected and the metabolites excreted identified using gas chromatography, radio-gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The principal metabolites of cortisol were identified as glucuronide conjugates of 11-oxygenated-17-oxosteroids. The excretion of tetrahydrocortisol and tetrahydrocortisone relative to the other corticosteroid metabolites was low compared with that of man. Two compounds, 3β-cortol and 3β-cortolone not normally present in human urine were identified in the urine from this species. The principal metabolites of corticosterone were glucuronide conjugates of hexahydroCompound A and hexahydrocorticosterone. Two unidentified radioactive compounds were also present.Keywords
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