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In a series of experiments on cats the changes in serum glucose, serum potassium and blood pressure produced by epinephrine were compared chronologically. The rise in serum potassium occurs later than the rise in blood pressure while the rise in serum glucose begins still later and is much more prolonged than the other 2 effects. This indicates that epinephrine hyperglycemia is independent of the serum potassium increase. As further evidence it is shown that in the oxidation of epinephrine by potassium permanganate the above actions are not modified in parallel.
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