Fig. 4From: Behavioral and steroidogenic pharmacology of phenyl ring substituted etomidate analogs in ratsAdrenocorticotropic hormone-stimulated plasma concentrations of (a) corticosterone and (b) aldosterone following administration of vehicle or 0.5 mg/kg/min IV etomidate, dimethoxy-etomidate, isopropoxy-etomidate, naphthalene-etomidate, or naphthalene (2)-etomidate to rats. Abbreviations for each test compound are defined in panel A. Each bar represents the mean ± SEM from 6 rat experiments. * p < 0.01Back to article page