ea0029p24 | Adrenal cortex | ICEECE2012
Mobram S.
, Nagaoka K.
, Mizu M.
, Kashimura J.
, Watanabe G.
, Taya K.
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 (1015 to 10-10 M) for 4 hours. Body and adrenal gland weight, plasma concentration of ACTH, corticost...