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Is ouabain produced by the adrenal gland?
R H Foster1, H Prat, I Rothman
1Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago.
General Pharmacology
|October 29, 1998
Abstract:
1. Ouabain or a related stereoisomer, termed endogenous ouabain, has been identified in adrenal cortex tissue and culture medium from adrenocortical cells. 2. Angiotensin II and adrenocorticotropin, the main activators of aldosterone secretion from adrenal glomerulosa cells appear to increase the production of this compound. 3. The purpose of this review is to briefly discuss recent available experimental evidence suggesting that endogenous ouabain is secreted by the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal gland.