Access
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
Letters to Nature
Nature 195, 712 (18 August 1962) | doi:10.1038/195712a0
Correlation of the Effects of Insulin and of Muscular Contraction in vitro on Uptake of Glucose by the Frog
R. R-CANDELA, M. RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, T. CASTILLA-CORTAZAR & J. L. R-CANDELA
- Instituto 'G. Marañón', Velazquez 138, Madrid, 6.
Top of page
Abstract
Heimreich and Cori1 and later R-Candela2 among others have shown that the specificity to sensitive sugars is similar both with insulin and muscular contraction. On the other hand, the great resistance of toads to insulin injections is known from the work of Rapela et al.3. We have confirmed this finding in frogs injected with up to 40 U./100 gm. without showing any signs of hypoglycæmia.
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
