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IT has been reported earlier that stressor agents like epinephrine1 and adrenocorticotrophic hormone2 cause a loss of alkaline phosphatase activity from the adrenal cortex. Administration of serum gonadotrophin to epinephrine-treated pigeons partially prevents this enzymatic loss1. The present communication records an attempt to determine whether a comparable reduction in alkaline phosphatase activity occurs in the adrenal cortex in response to a bacterial infection stress.
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KAR, A. Effect of Experimental Tuberculosis on the Distribution of Alkaline Phosphatase in the Adrenal Cortex of the Guinea Pig. Nature 173, 210 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173210a0
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