A Simple Assay of Mammalian Pineal Extracts

1 August 1951

journal article
research article
Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine

Vol. 77 (4) , 807-808
https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-77-18931

Abstract

Extracts of mammalian pineals when injected into Xenopus laevis lead to characteristic blanching of skin (chromatophore contraction). The test is sensitive for a wide range of concn.

Keywords

PINEAL BODY