“…Recently (Lu et al 2018a, b), it has been suggested that ecdysone (E, which is rarely a major phytoecdysteroid) has detrimental effects on renal function in mice at a dose of 6 μg/g/d, bringing about glomerular injury and proteinuria. The authors propose that E acts as a mimic of aldosterone, activating the mineralocorticoid nuclear receptor (MR), and that the detrimental effects can largely be blocked by spironolactone, an antagonist of MR. As yet, it is not known if these effects are common to other ecdysteroids, e.g., 20E.…”