title: Steroid profiles of brown adipose tissue.
abstract: In brown adipose tissue of alp-marmot (Marmota marmota), badger (Meles meles) and Wistar rats steroids of C21- and C19-type are identified and quantified. The detection of 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one, 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one, 3 alpha,21-dihydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one, 3 alpha,21-dihydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one and 3 beta,21-dihydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one is of special interest since sleep-inducing properties have been described with these steroids.
authors.affiliation: Institut für pharmazeutische Biologie, Universität München, Fed. Rep. Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nusser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora; D008297:Male; D008392:Marmota; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013256:Steroids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids