Steroid dehydrogenases in the adrenal gland of four species of birds: a histochemical study
| Autor: | Bhagyashri V. Bhujle, Nadkarni Vb |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
| Předmět: |
endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Dehydrogenase Coturnix Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Biology Quail Steroid Birds Internal medicine biology.animal Adrenal Glands medicine Animals chemistry.chemical_classification Histocytochemistry Progesterone Reductase Adrenal gland Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases Cell Biology biology.organism_classification Enzyme medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology chemistry Biochemistry Anatomy Developmental biology hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
| Zdroj: | The Histochemical Journal. 8:591-596 |
| ISSN: | 1573-6865 0018-2214 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01003960 |
| Popis: | The presence of 5-3deltabeta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, IIbeta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase has been demonstrated histochemically in the adrenal gland of the rain quail Coturnix coromendalica, barn owl Tyto alba, brown crake Amaurornis akool and painted partidge Francholinus pictus. All these enzymes occurred in the inter-renal cells. No activity was observed in the chromaffin cells. It is suggested that the inter-renal cells of these four species of birds are capable of synthesizing both corticosteroids and sex steroids. |
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