THE EFFECT OF ACTH ON ADRENAL ASCORBIC ACID IN LAYING HENS
- 1 May 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 64 (5), 831-832
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-64-5-831
Abstract
In experiments on the effect of ACTH-administration to one-year old laying hens and three-month old pullets, the following results were obtained: In one-year old laying hens adrenal ascorbic-acid was depleted by 57.0% as compared to their controls. However, no effect of ACTH could be listed in three-month old pullets. These results suggest, therefore, that the failure of other workers to obtain a depletion in adrenal ascorbic-acid upon ACTH-treatment may be attributed to the age factor.Keywords
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