Effect of a Single Dose of Some Hormones on Plasum Unesterified Fatty Acid (UFA)

Abstract

The immediate effect of intravenous infusion of some hormones on UFA in plasma in human beings was studied on short-term experiments. ACTH and growth hormone of pig origin had no significant effect on UFA. Lactogenic hormone and glucagon had a similar reducing effect on UFA. Noradrenaline increased UFA to roughly the same extent as a corresponding dose of adrenaline. No changes in triglycerides and phospholipids were observed in these experiments.