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The effects of epinephrine and of insulin pretreatment on liver lipid partition, glycogen, water and electrolytes content, and certain plasma constituents were compared in adrenalectomized-alloxanized groups of rats given a glucose infusion. A similar pattern of changes in liver lipid partition was found in both pretreated groups compared to the non-pretreated controls. An increased liver potassium and lowered plasma potassium content was found in both pretreated groups. However, differences in liver glycogen content and glycemic level in the pretreated groups were sufficiently notable to suggest that common resultant effects on potassium mobilization probably were not produced by the same mechanism of action of both hormones.
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