Effects of prednisone on blood glucose and weight of mice (Mus musculus)

• Main Author: Jimenez, Jeffrey Russel Usis
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1997
• Subjects: Prednisone; Beclomethasone dipropionate; Blood sugar; Adrenocortical hormones; Steroids; Mice; x4 Corticosteroids
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1596
• Institution: De La Salle University

Prednisone is a glucocorticoid that has been said to have an increasing effect on blood glucose level and weight. The study determined which of two dosages of Prednisone would have an effect on increasing blood glucose level and weight of mice. Thirty 2-month old male Mus musculus (albino mice) whos...