THE QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION OFβ-GLUCURONIDASE IN THE ADRENAL OF VARIOUS SPECIES AND THE INFLUENCE OF STRESS CONDITIONS, HORMONAL TREATMENTS AND HYPOPHYSECTOMY12

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Abstract
The quantitative histological distributions of beta-glucuronidase activity in the adrenal gland of the M. rhesus and M. cynomolgus monkey, cow, rabbit, guinea pig and rat were determined, and peculiar spp. differences were found. Exposure of monkeys to combined fever and hypoxia to the point of death, and treatment with ACTH, cortisone or desoxycorticosterone had no significant influence on the distribution or magnitude of the concentration of beta-glucuronidase activity in the adrenal. Hypophysectomy in rats increased the activity in all zones of the adrenal when expressed either as activity per unit volume of fresh tissue or per unit protein-N.