Abstract
Summary
Rats given ACTH for 3 to 10 days in doses sufficient to produce sustained eosinopenia when compardd with controls, showed: (1) no change in the blood glutathione; (2) decreased nonprotein sulf hydryl contents of the kidneys; (3) increased non-protein SH contents of the livers; (4) markedly decreased renal ascorbic acid; (5) no change in the ascorbic acid contents of the livers; and (6) no change in the protein sulfhydryl contents of the livers or kidneys.
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