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Involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body
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corticosterone
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
corticosterone \corticosterone\ n. any of several steroid compounds secreted by the adrenal cortex; they are involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body.
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n. (context steroid hormone English) A corticosteroid hormone, produced in the adrenal glands, involved in metabolism.
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Corticosterone , also known as 17-deoxycortisol and 11β,21-dihydroprogesterone , is a 21-carbon steroid hormone of the corticosteroid type produced in the cortex of the adrenal glands . It is of minor importance in humans, except in the very rare case of ...
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n. secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body
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There are other corticoids with effects similar to corticosterone, and of these the best-known is one which Kendall called "compound E" and Reichstein "substance Fa.
The corticoids have been divided into two groups: those which, like corticosterone and cortisone, possess an oxygen attached to carbon-n are the glycocorticoids and are concerned with glycogen storage.
The mineralocorticoids seem to be more immediately vital to life than are the glycocorticoids, for adrenalectomized rats are kept alive longer by the administration of DOC than by use of corticosterone.