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Aldosterone is a mineralocorticoid first isolated from beef adrenal glands. It controls the sodium-potassium balance through the unidirectional salt reabsorption in a variety of tissues and glands. Peripheral aldosterone levels are dependent on age and body position with an expected aldosterone level of less than 300 pg/mL being found in a typical upright adult.
Aldosterone measurement is useful in the investigation of primary aldosteronism (i.e. adrenal, adenoma or carcinoma, and adrenal cortical hyperplasia) and secondary aldosteronism (renovascular disease, salt depletion, potassium loading, cardiac failure with ascites, pregnancy, and Bartter syndrome).
Our Aldosterone ELISA kit is a competitive ELISA assay for the quantitative measurement of aldosterone in extracted serum, extracted plasma, urine, extracted dried fecal samples, and tissue culture media samples.Please contact us at for specific academic pricing.
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