Abstract
Summary
Purified corticotropin prepared from hog anterior pituitary by the glacial acetic acid-oxycellulose method was found to be potent in adipokinin. Doses of 3 to 15 μg produced an increase of 40% in the hepatic lipid concentration of mice within three hours after injection. Pituitary adipokinin appears to be a principle distinct from the gonadotropins, thyrotropin, corticotropin, growth hormone, and intermedin.
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