title: Prevention of adrenocortical hyperactivity by dietary casein in rats exposed to forced swimming stress.
abstract: Adrenal weight, adrenal hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity and serum corticosterone level were significantly higher in rats fed with 5% casein diet after 7 days of swimming stress (45 min/day) as compared to their controls. All the parameters were similar to their control levels in rats receiving 20% casein diet and exposed to swimming stress. The results suggest that casein can play an important role in preventing adrenocortical hyperactivity in swimming stressed rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University College of Science and Technology, 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Calcutta 700009, India.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raychaudhuri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarkar
mesh_terms: D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D002364:Caseins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D003345:Corticosterone