title: A comparison of the effects of corticosterone and cortisol on intermediary metabolism of Calotes versicolor.
abstract: Corticosterone and cortisol administered to Calotes versicolor significantly increased the concentrations of blood glucose and urea (liver and kidney), the specific activities of glucose-6-phosphatase (liver and kidney), and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (liver and heart); they markedly reduced hepatic cholesterol level and did not change the activities of acid phosphatase (liver and kidney) and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (liver), when compared to vehicle-treated controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Kerala Kariavattom, Trivandrum, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Oommen
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000032:analysis; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000032:analysis; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000502:physiology*; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008116:Lizards / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D014508:Urea / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D014508:Urea; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase; D003345:Corticosterone; D006854:Hydrocortisone