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Transport of steroid hormones

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Plasma Protein Turnover

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In 1913 Oppenheimer1 observed that cardiac glucosides are less toxic to the isolated frog heart when serum is added to the drug solution. This phenomenon he explained by adsorption of the digitalis steroids by the colloidal components of the serum. This was probably the first study indicating a steroid—protein interaction.

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Vermeulen, A. (1976). Transport of steroid hormones. In: Bianchi, R., Mariani, G., McFarlane, A.S. (eds) Plasma Protein Turnover. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02644-9_24

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