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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Pregnanes > Pregnenes > Pregnenediones > Aldosterone
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Adrenal Cortex Hormones > Hydroxycorticosteroids > 11-Hydroxycorticosteroids > Aldosterone

Preferred term

Aldosterone  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A hormone secreted by the ADRENAL CORTEX that regulates electrolyte and water balance by increasing the renal retention of sodium and the excretion of potassium.

Broader concept

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • 125-77-9 ((+-)-isomer)
  • 13479-36-2 ((11 beta,17 alpha)-isomer)
  • 4964P6T9RB
  • 52-39-1 (Aldosterone)
  • Pregn-4-en-18-al, 11,21-dihydroxy-3,20-dioxo-, (11beta)-

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In other languages

  • Aldostérone

    French

  • 125-77-9 ((+-)-isomer)
  • 13479-36-2 ((11 beta,17 alpha)-isomer)
  • 4964P6T9RB
  • 52-39-1 (Aldosterone)
  • Pregn-4-en-18-al, 11,21-dihydroxy-3,20-dioxo-, (11beta)-

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FWC753SM-C

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