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What is a mineralocorticoid?

What is a mineralocorticoid? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.
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The use of fludrocortisone, a mineralocorticoid, was based on the hypothesis that chronic fatigue syndrome is associated with neurally mediated hypotension.
For some patients, salt tablets can be given in place of a mineralocorticoid.
The metabolic activity of glycyrrhizin has been known to resemble that of a mineralocorticoid.
Clobetasol, an analogue of prednisolone, has a high degree of glucocorticoid activity and a slight degree of mineralocorticoid activity.
These findings indicate that a decrease in urine volume and urinary sodium excretion in glycyrrhizin-administered rats may be related to mineralocorticoid receptors.
Primary aldosteronism is a syndrome associated with hypersecretion of the major adrenal mineralocorticoid, aldosterone.

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