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  • Title: Systemic activities of a new anti-inflammatory steroid: methyl 20-dihydroprednisolonate.
    Author: Lee HJ, Nathoo ZM.
    Journal: Steroids; 1983 May; 41(5):609-15. PubMed ID: 6318401.
    Abstract:
    The systemic activities of methyl 20-dihydroprednisolonate (1), a new local anti-inflammatory steroid synthesized by modifying the 17 beta-ketol side-chain of prednisolone, on pituitary-adrenal function and liver glycogen content were investigated in rats. The parent compound, prednisolone, administered intramuscularly, caused a significant dose-related decrease in plasma levels of corticosterone, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and liver glycogen content in rats. In contrast, methyl 20-dihydroprednisolonate caused mild PA suppression and liver glycogen depletion only at high doses. The steroid acid ester did not exert glycogenic activity, unlike prednisolone, in the adrenalectomized rats.
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