Date of Award
Spring 1964
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Chemistry
First Advisor
Surak, John G.
Second Advisor
Taketa, Fumito
Third Advisor
Bournique, Raymond
Abstract
Innumerable experiments have been done on the in vitro assay of growth hormone. The present method of assaying growth hormone is to measure its ability to promote the growth of the intact animal. A survey of the present literature points to the fact that the growth hormone exerts an effect on the amount of glucose liberated from the liver glycogen and the amount of glucose released increases with the quantity of growth hormone injected in the intact animals. Many in vivo experiments have been made to correlate the effect of growth hormone with the increase in glucose liberation. This paper presents a study of the spectrophotometric determination of the reaction of glycogen and iodine under various conditions. It is an attempt to apply the in vitro method of assaying growth hormone based on its ability to stimulate glycogenolysis in rat liver homogenate.
Recommended Citation
Baltazar, Anastacia C., "An Investigation of the Effect of Growth Hormone on the Carbohydrate Metabolism in Rat Liver Preparations" (1964). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 2375.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/2375