THE GROWTH HORMONE CONTENT OF SEVERAL VERTEBRATE PITUITARIES1

1 August 1959

journal article
research article
Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology

Vol. 65 (2) , 334-336
https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-65-2-334

Abstract

The growth hormone potencies of pituitaries obtained from fish, frog, turtle, chicken, rabbit, cat, horse, and whale were compared in the tibia test assay. A significant response was obtained with frog, horse, rabbit, whale, and cat pituitary suspensions. The pituitaries of chickens and turtles caused a small but nonsignificant increase in epiphyseal width, whereas fish pituitaries had no growth activity in the hypophysectomized rat.

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