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IN a communication which has recently appeared under the above title, Johnsson and Högberg1 have claimed that intermedin and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) are closely related or identical. Moreover, they have suggested that the assay for melanophore-expansion activity in the frog is “a rapid and simple method of testing for adrenocorticotropic hormone”. Similar conclusions have been arrived at independently by Sulman2. Experimental evidence which we have obtained relating to this question does not support these claims.
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GESCRWIND, I., REINHARDT, W. & LI, C. Observations on the Connexion between Intermedin and Adrenocorticotropic Hormone. Nature 169, 1061 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/1691061a0
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