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Abstract
Pulse doses of emulsions of ten polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons were found to destroy the adrenal cortex selectively. The corticolytic hydrocarbons are derivatives of 12-methylbenz(a)anthracene which possess at position 7 an alkyl, methoxymethyl, formyl, or hydroxyalkyl group. It would appear that the active corticolytic agent is 7-hydroxyalkyl-12-methylbenz(a)anthracene, of chemical source or generated in metabolism.Entities:
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Year: 1969 PMID: 5256999 PMCID: PMC223655 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.62.3.704
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205