Mineralocorticoid

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Broader Terms

corticosteroid

Narrower Terms

aldosterone, desoxycorticosterone

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• The only endogenous mineralocorticoid is aldosterone, although a number of hormones (mainly progesterone) have mineralocorticoid function.
• Physiology The only endogenous mineralocorticoid is aldosterone, although a number of hormones (mainly progesterone) have mineralocorticoid function.
• The physiological mineralocorticoid is aldosterone, and it is involved in regulating unidirectional Na+ transport across the epithelium.
• A mineralocorticoid is required in the salt-losing form.
• The principal glucocorticoids are corticosterone and hydrocortisone (cortisol) and the principal mineralocorticoid is aldosterone.

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