Participation of Adrenal Cortex in Alterations in Carbohydrate Metabolism Produced by Epinephrine.
- 1 December 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 81 (3) , 683-685
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-81-19986
Abstract
The effects of subcut. epinephrine (0.02 mg./1.00 g. body wt.) on fasted adrenalectomized and normal rats with and without cortical hormone supplements have been studied. The adrenalectomized rats show a twofold greater loss of muscle glycogen than do intact rats, and little or no increase in liver glycogen. Conse-quently there is a sixfold greater disappearance of carbohydrate from the body that is not accounted for. The injn. of large quantities of adrenal cortical extract brings about a restoration of the carbohydrate balance to normal.Keywords
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