Abstract
Summary and Conclusions
The nutritional status of rats with respect to vit. E had no effect on the adrenal cortical activity (as measured by change in adrenal ascorbic acid concentration) following acute physiological stress (epinephrine injection or exposure to cold). Neither the content of vit. E in the adrenal glands of normal adult rats nor the blood tocopherol content of tocopherol-supplemented or tocopherol-deficient rats was changed following physiological stress.
Thus, vit. E is apparently not a factor in the anterior pituitary-adrenal cortical response to acute physiological stress, although vit. E may be related to the manner in which the tissues utilize the adrenal cortical hormones released as a result of such stress.
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