Butler D G, Youson J H
Gen Comp Endocrinol. 1986 Jul;63(1):45-50. doi: 10.1016/0016-6480(86)90180-2.
Yellow corpuscles from the ventral surface of the anterior kidney in bowfins (Amia calva L.) converted [7-3H]pregnenolone to radioactive 11-deoxycortisol, cortisol, and corticosterone in vitro. Aldosterone was not detected. Cortisol was the predominant steroid at the end of a 3-hr incubation period (20 degrees C). These experiments are the first to demonstrate steroidogenesis in holostean yellow bodies and they are the first incubations with pure adrenocortical tissue, free of head kidney, in any bony fish. White corpuscles of Stannius located along the total length of the kidneys were incubated under identical conditions but adrenocortical steroids were not found.
弓鳍鱼（Amia calva L.）前肾腹面的黄色小体在体外可将[7-³H]孕烯醇酮转化为放射性的11-脱氧皮质醇、皮质醇和皮质酮。未检测到醛固酮。在20摄氏度下孵育3小时后，皮质醇是主要的类固醇。这些实验首次证明了全骨鱼类黄色小体中的类固醇生成，也是首次对任何硬骨鱼中不含头肾的纯肾上腺皮质组织进行孵育实验。将沿肾脏全长分布的斯坦尼氏白色小体在相同条件下孵育，但未发现肾上腺皮质类固醇。
