[Influence of ethanol and ethanol-induced lipid peroxidation on the steroidogenic activity of testicles].

Chronic alcohol intoxication results in the diminished testosterone level and activation of lipid peroxidation in rat testes. A significant decrease in 3 beta-hydroxysteroid-hydrogenase and 17-dehydrogenase activity has been observed in microsomes. Analogous shifts have been evoked in vitro by the induction of lipid peroxidation in microsomes.

[Effect of acute alcohol intoxication on lipid peroxidation in testis and adrenal glands of rats].

Hormones level and lipid peroxidation processes under influence of acute alcohol intoxication are tested in testes and adrenals of rats. Ethanol marker effects--the rise of corticosterone biosynthesis and depression of testosterone concentration--were reproduced in the experiment. At the moment of maximal changes in steroid levels indices characterising lipid peroxidation didn't differ from the control.

[Corticosterone level in testes of rats in varying adrenal functional activity].

The presence of corticosterone in rat testes was demonstrated by combining HPLC and RIA techniques. The presence of the hormone was also taken into account. The testicular corticosterone content was shown to depend upon the functional activity of the adrenals and to diminish acutely after adrenalectomy.

[Effect of alpha-tocopherol on adrenal cortex functions under stress].

alpha-Tocopherol has been studied for its effect on lipid peroxidation and steroidogenesis in the adrenal cortices of rat and rabbit under stress. The vitamin is shown to exert an inhibitory effect on the lipid peroxidation developing under chronic stress. A biphasic pattern of the alpha-tocopherol effect on the steroidogenesis in the adrenal cortex is established: a decrease in the release of the steroids under the acute stress and maintaining of their levels under the chronic stress.

[Content of biological antioxidants and lipid peroxidation in the adrenal cortex in experimental circulatory insufficiency].

Thirteen-week experimental insufficiency in rats causes exhaustion of adrenal cortex function. The number of diene conjugates in the adrenals increased, the alpha-tocopherol level decreased. It is suggested that reduced level of antioxidant protection and the associated activation of lipid peroxidation processes underlie the disorders of adrenal cortex function.