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Hum Exp Toxicol
December 2012
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey.
Licorice originates from the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra, which has a herbal ingredient, glycyrrhizic acid, and has a mineralocorticoid-like effect. Chronic intake of licorice induces a syndrome similar to that found in primary hyperaldosteronism. Excessive intake of licorice may cause a hypermineralocorticoidism-like syndrome characterized by sodium and water retention, hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, low-renin activity, and hypoaldosteronism.
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April 1998
Department of Medicine, St. Radboud University Hospital, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands.
The two 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD) isozymes catalyze the interconversion of cortisol and cortisone. Type 1 11 beta-HSD (11 beta-HSD1) has bidirectional activity, while type 2 11 beta-HSD (11 beta-HSD2) mainly converts cortisol into cortisone. Of these two hormones only cortisol has affinity to mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs) and thus induces mineralocorticoid effects.
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October 1991
General Clinical Research Center, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center.
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