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Descriptor English: Aldosterone
Descriptor Spanish: Aldosterona
Descriptor aldosterona
Scope note: Hormona que es secretada por la CORTEZA SUPRARRENAL y regula el equilibrio hidroelectrolítico aumentando la retención renal de sodio y la excreción de potasio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Aldosterona
Descriptor French: Aldostérone
Entry term(s): Aldosterone, (+-)-Isomer
Aldosterone, (11 beta,17 alpha)-Isomer
Tree number(s): D04.210.500.745.745.654.062
D06.472.040.585.353.118
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000450
Scope note: A hormone secreted by the ADRENAL CORTEX that regulates electrolyte and water balance by increasing the renal retention of sodium and the excretion of potassium.
Annotation: /defic: consider also HYPOALDOSTERONISM; consider also RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN-ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM see RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM & do not index under ALDOSTERONE unless particularly discussed
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Entry Combination: antagonists & inhibitors:Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists
Registry Number: 4964P6T9RB
CAS Type 1 Name: Pregn-4-en-18-al, 11,21-dihydroxy-3,20-dioxo-, (11beta)-
Related: Hyperaldosteronism MeSH
Hypoaldosteronism MeSH
Pseudohypoaldosteronism MeSH
Receptors, Mineralocorticoid MeSH
Renin-Angiotensin System MeSH
DeCS ID: 453
Unique ID: D000450
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/27
Aldosterone - Preferred
Concept UI M0000686
Scope note A hormone secreted by the ADRENAL CORTEX that regulates electrolyte and water balance by increasing the renal retention of sodium and the excretion of potassium.
Preferred term Aldosterone
Aldosterone, (+-)-Isomer - Narrower
Concept UI M0330742
Preferred term Aldosterone, (+-)-Isomer
Aldosterone, (11 beta,17 alpha)-Isomer - Narrower
Concept UI M0330743
Preferred term Aldosterone, (11 beta,17 alpha)-Isomer



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