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The effect of insulin on the protein-bound amino acids of the pituitary of the fish—Ophicephalus striatus Bloch.

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The effect of insulin injection on the protein-bound amino acids (except tryptophane) of the pituitary ofOphicephalus striatus has been studied chromatographically at intervals of 0·5, 1·0, 1·5, 2·0 and 2·5 hours. It is found that all the protein-bound amino acids are affected quantitatively. Leucines, valine, tyrosine, aspartic acid and alanine disappear completely for sometime as a result of insulin injection. The other amino acids show varying degree of reduction. The recovery of all amino acids expecting tyrosine is not complete even after 2·5 hours. The degree and duration of recovery varies for different amino acids.

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  1. Department of Zoology and Marine Biology, Annamalai University, India

    B. Seshadri

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Communicated by Prof. R. V. Seshaiya,f.a.sc.

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Seshadri, B. The effect of insulin on the protein-bound amino acids of the pituitary of the fish—Ophicephalus striatus Bloch.. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 49, 264–270 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052048

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