TABLE II.

GLUCAGON, GLUCAGON-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY AND INSULIN ASSAY OF PLASMA

	Time in days after evisceration
	Control:
	0 days			1 day			2 days			3 days			4 days			5 days			6 days			7 days
Animal No.	G	GLI	I	G	GLI	I	G	GLI	I	G	GLI	I	G	GLI	I	G	GLI	I	G	GLI	I	G	GLI	I
	ALL VISCERA EXCEPT COLON REMOVED
1	110	2.7	94	0	2.2	5	50	2.5	5
2	86	1.9	27	50	2.7	5	0	2.9	6	66	2.7	5	0	2.5	5	40	2.5	5	50	2.2	5	76	2.6	5
3	76	1.4	34	50	2.2	6	40	1.7	5	50	1.5	5
4	50	3.4	13	40		5	66	2.2	6	145	2.9	5
	ALL VISCERA REMOVED
5	125	3.6	120	0	3.5	5	0	2.8	5
6	110	2.9	78	0	2.4	5	0	2.7	5
7	76	2.1	13	0	1.9	5	0	1.9	5

G, Glucagon, in pgm./ml.

GLI, Glucagon-like immunoreactivity, in ngm./ml.

I, Insulin, in μU./ml.

In the Dallas laboratory of Dr. R. H. Unger, glucagon is considered absent at values <30 pgm., and insulin is considered absent at values <2 μU./ml.