aldosterone
noun
al·do·ste·rone
al-ˈdä-stə-ˌrōn 
ˌal-dō-ˈster-ˌōn,
-ˈstir-
ˈal-dō-stə-ˌrōn
: a steroid hormone C21H28O5 of the adrenal cortex that functions in the regulation of the salt and water balance of the body
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Blood tests did show a different problem, however: oversecretion of a different hormone from the same gland - aldosterone, the body’s main regulator of the balance of salt and water, which can lead to upper-body obesity, muscle and bone weakness, and high blood pressure.
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Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2022
Baxdrostat has the net effect of lowering blood pressure by blocking the production of a hormone called aldosterone, which regulates salt and water in the body.
—Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Jan. 2023
These, too, are part of the Addisonian picture, a result of low levels of another adrenal hormone called aldosterone.
—H Lee Kagan, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2011
The new medication gets around that problem by blocking an enzyme the body needs to produce aldosterone.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2022
Her body does not produce enough cortisol and aldosterone.
—Meghan McCormick, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
She was started on two medications: hydrocortisone, to replace the cortisol, and Florinef, to replace the aldosterone.
—Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
Another adrenal hormone, aldosterone, controls sodium levels, and through that, blood pressure.
—Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
To make matters worse, glycyrrhetinic acid also interferes with enzymes in the liver that influence aldosterone levels, another critical steroid hormone—which exacerbates all the other health effects of the toxin.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2020
Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2022
Baxdrostat has the net effect of lowering blood pressure by blocking the production of a hormone called aldosterone, which regulates salt and water in the body.
—Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Jan. 2023
These, too, are part of the Addisonian picture, a result of low levels of another adrenal hormone called aldosterone.
—H Lee Kagan, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2011
The new medication gets around that problem by blocking an enzyme the body needs to produce aldosterone.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2022
Her body does not produce enough cortisol and aldosterone.
—Meghan McCormick, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
She was started on two medications: hydrocortisone, to replace the cortisol, and Florinef, to replace the aldosterone.
—Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
Another adrenal hormone, aldosterone, controls sodium levels, and through that, blood pressure.
—Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
To make matters worse, glycyrrhetinic acid also interferes with enzymes in the liver that influence aldosterone levels, another critical steroid hormone—which exacerbates all the other health effects of the toxin.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
aldehyde + -o- + -sterone
First Known Use
1954, in the meaning defined above
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aldosterone
noun
al·do·ste·rone
al-ˈdäs-tə-ˌrōn; ˌal-dō-ˈsti(ə)r-ˌōn
-stə-ˈrōn
-stə-ˈrōn
: a steroid hormone C21H28O5 of the adrenal cortex that functions in the regulation of the salt and water balance of the body
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