THE EFFECT OF 17-HYDROXY-11-DEHYDROCORTICOSTERONE ON THE GROWTH OF YOUNG ADRENALECTOMIZED RATS
- 1 August 1943
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 139 (4) , 499-503
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1943.139.4.499
Abstract
The effect of 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorti-costerone, at daily dosage levels of 0.05-1.0 mg., on the survival and growth of 4-wks.-old adrenalectomized rats was detd. The compound at doses of 1/8 to one mg. is capable of maintaining the rats and supporting their growth. Whole adrenal cortex extracts which contain 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone and similar steroids can therefore be assayed for their complete cortical hormone activity by the method as previously described (Am. J. Phys. 117: 678 1936).This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF 11-DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE AND 17-HYDROXY-11-DEHYDRO-CORTICOSTERONE IN PARTIALLY DEPANCREATIZED RATSAmerican Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content, 1941
- THE EFFECT OF TWO CORTIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS UPON THE BODY WEIGHT AND WORK PERFORMANCE OF ADRENALECTOMIZED RATSEndocrinology, 1940
- THE ADRENAL CORTEX AND CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISMEndocrinology, 1940
- FRACTIONATION STUDIES ON ADRENAL CORTEX EXTRACT WITH NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY AMONG THE CRYSTALLINE AND AMORPHOUS FRACTIONSEndocrinology, 1939