Endocrine Abstracts

Effects of sugar cane extract (SCE) on the adrenal corticosterone and progesterone secretion in male rats were investigated using an in vitro cell culture system. Three-week old male rats were fed SCE free diet or 2.16% SCE diet for 7 weeks. After 7 weeks of treatment, animals were decapitated, and adrenal cells were cultured in the absence or presence of rat ACTH (10–15 to 10-10 M) for 4 hours. Body and adrenal gland weight, plasma concentration of ACTH, corticost...