HIGHLY POTENT ADRENAL CORTICAL STEROIDS: STRUCTURE AND BIOLOGIC ACTIVITY
Authors: G W THORN, A E RENOLD, W I MORSE, A GOLDFIEN, W J REDDY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 November 1955HIGHLY POTENT ADRENAL CORTICAL STEROIDS: STRUCTURE AND BIOLOGIC ACTIVITYGEORGE W. THORN, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALBERT E. RENOLD, M.D., WILLIAM I. MORSE, M.D., ALAN GOLDFIEN, M.D., WILLIAM J. REDDY, A.B.GEORGE W. THORN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ALBERT E. RENOLD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM I. MORSE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ALAN GOLDFIEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM J. REDDY, A.B.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-5-979 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSynthetic adrenal steroids possessing biologic activity greater than that of the naturally occurring secretory products of the adrenal cortex are of considerable theoretic importance and, in certain instances, may offer unusual opportunities for hormone therapy. Furthermore, it is of particular interest that the isolation and identification of a very active, naturally occurring sodium-retaining adrenal steroid (aldosterone) should have coincided with the synthesis of derivatives of hydrocortisone possessing physiologic activities manyfold greater than those of any previously known naturally occurring steroid. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Presented as the John Phillips Memorial Lecture at the Thirty-sixth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1955.From the Departments of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.These studies were supported by funds from the National Institutes of Health of the United States Public Health Service; the John A. Hartford Foundation, Incorporated, New York; and the Eugene Higgins Trust of the Harvard Medical School.†Also designated as prednisolone (Δ1-hydrocortisone) and prednisone (Δ1-cortisone). 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