cosyntropin and potassium-perchlorate

Gas chromatography was used to study both the relative composition and level of nonesterified fatty acids in the blood of pigs, following target-oriented deflection of two hormonal systems, hypothalamus-pituitary gland-thyroid and hypothalamus-pituitary gland-adrenal cortex. The findings originally expected were not made. Percentual C-18 was increased, following long-time application of tri-iodothyronine/thyroxine, while c-12 was percentually lowered, as compared to the perchlorate group. Deflection of the hypothalamus-pituitary gland-adrenocortical system caused slight alteration in both the composition and overall concentration of blood-borne non-esterified fatty acids.

Topics: Animals; Cosyntropin; Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; Hydrocortisone; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; Metyrapone; Perchlorates; Pituitary-Adrenal System; Potassium; Potassium Compounds; Propranolol; Swine; Thyroid Gland; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine