Steroids

Conversion of progesterone to corticosteroids by the midterm fetal adrenal and kidney

PM McShane, M deM Fencl

Index: McShane; deM. Fencl Steroids, 1983 , vol. 42, # 3 p. 299 - 310

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Abstract

Abstract Midterm fetal adrenal and kidney tissue homogenates were incubated with 3 H- progesterone (1 μM) and its conversion to the 3 H-corticosteroids metabolites studied. Cortisol (36.3%) and corticosterone (4.7%) were isolated from the adrenal, and 11-