Role of the pituitary and the adrenal in the mobilization of free fatty acids and lipoproteins*

Treatment of normal rats with epinephrine in oil resulted in a rapid rise in plasma free fatty acid (FFA) levels. The return of FFA levels to normal coincided with the steeply increasing blood glucose concentration. The plasma FFA response to epinephrine was abolished by hypophysectomy or by adrenal...

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Main Authors: Eleazar Shafrir, KarlE. Sussman, Daniel Steinberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1960-10-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520412337