Study Set Content:
• The most important mineralocorticoid is
aldosterone
Controls tissue swelling
aldosterone
control carbohydrate metabolism
Glucocorticoids
is the major glucocorticoid.
Cortisol
Its function is to increase glucose and glycogen concentrations in the body
Cortisol
Fatty acids from fat storage cells and amino acids from body proteins are transported to the liver, which, under the influence of cortisol, manufactures
glucose and glycogen from these sources
have remarkable anti-inflammatory effects
Cortisol, cortisone, and prednisolone
Male sex hormone
testosterone
Female sex hormone
estradiol;
synthesized in the testes from cholesterol
testosterone;
; synthesized from testosterone by aromatization of the A ring
estradiol
- It occurs in fungi
Ergosterol
It is a precursor of vitamin D2
Ergostero
when irradiated with ultraviolet light, ring B is opened to form vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) in a process similar to that which forms vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) from 7-dehydrocholesterol (precursor of vitamin D) in the skin of humans
Ergosterol
Roles in vision, growth, reproduction
Vitamin A
Regulation of calcium and phosphate metabolism
Vitamin D
blood coagulation
Vitamin K
Antioxidant
Vitamin E
Night blindness, cornea damage, damage to respiratory and gastrointestinal tract
Vitamin A
Inhibition of sperm production; lesions in muscles and nerves (rare)
Vitamin E
