Adrenal cortical steroids are hormones which are produced by the adrenal cortex or artificially synthesized. They reduce swelling and suppress the body’s immune response when administered as drugs.
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Provides an article about these steroids and the synthesis of natural compounds and analogues and offers the full text as well as a faulty by which to be notified if corrections or follow-ups are posted.
http://bmb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/18/2/93
Effects of Adrenal Cortical Steoirds
Concentrates on the effect of adrenal cortical steroids and osmotic blood-barrier modification on the delivery of methotrexate. Also contains links to the full article and other articles which cite this article.
http://www.pnas.org/content/79/14/4420.abstract
Some Effects of Adrenal Cortical Steroids on Intermediary Metabolism
This article on the effects of adrenal cortical steroids on the metabolism consists of thd abstract, the complete article in PDF format, and selected references.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1962685/
