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K Etzel

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Factors affecting ascorbate oxidation in aqueous humor.

Aqueous humor from human glaucomatous eyes was divided into two groups. Group I aqueous humor contains a negligible amount of ascorbate, while group II contains ascorbate. Group I aqueous humor stimulates ascorbate oxidation. This oxidative effect is inhibited by the addition of EDTA, indicating the presence of metallic ions. The amount of copper determined by atomic spectrophotometry in these samples was 1.54 micrograms/ml. On the contrary, group II aqueous humor protects against ascorbate oxidation. The small amount of albumin present in these samples accounts for part of this protective effect.

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Exogenously stimulated gastric secretion in dogs after ganglion and sympathetic blockade and antral acidification.

1 In conscious dogs with gastric fistulae, Heidenhain pouches and in some cases, innervated pyloric pouches, ganglionic blockade augmented Heidenhain pouch acid secretion only if the gastric fistula remained closed in animals receiving pentagastrin. 2 Ganglionic blockade depressed methacholine-stimulated acid and pepsin secretion from the Heidenhain pouch whether or not the fistula was open. 3 Acidification of the antral pouch consistently augmented the acid and pepsin secretion from the Heidenhain pouch when either pentagastrin or methacholine was the stimulus. Ganglionic blockade prevented this.

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A study of gastric secretion in dogs using pilocarpine.

1 Pilocarpine (40 microgram/min i.v.) stimulated acid and pepsin secretion from Heidenhain pouches but did not stimulate secretion from the innervated stomach. 2 Pilocarpine significantly increased acid secretion from the innervated main stomach after the vagal nerves were bilaterally blocked with lidocaine. 3 The effect of pilocarpine on secretion from the Heidenhain puch was depressed by ganglionic blockade (hexamethonium), by dopamine and by isoprenaline. 4 The stimulatory action of histamine on gastric secretion from either pouch or gastric fistulae was uninfluenced by dopamine. 5 The action of pilocarpine was augmented by the muscarinic ganglionic stimulant AHR 602. Considering this effect, as well as the secretory depression of isoprenaline, pilocarpine resembles pentagastrin rather than methacholine in its action.

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