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. 1980 Dec;77(12):7473–7475. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.12.7473

Release of enkephalins and enkephalin-containing polypeptides from perfused beef adrenal glands.

D L Kilpatrick, R V Lewis, S Stein, S Udenfriend
PMCID: PMC350526  PMID: 6938986

Abstract

Enkephalins and enkephalin-containing polypeptides were released from perfused bovine adrenal glands by nicotine and Ba2+, agents that release catecholamines. All the enkephalin-containing polypeptides that are normally found in the adrenal medulla were released by the two secretagogues in approximately the same proportions as are present in adrenal chromaffin granules.

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