Flynn A, Pories WJ, Strain WH, Hill OA. Mineral element correlation with adenohypophyseal-adrenal cortex function and stress.
Science 1971;
173:1035-6. [PMID:
4329180 DOI:
10.1126/science.173.4001.1035]
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Abstract
A statistical correlationl was made between adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and four elements in rats under control, stress, and stress-recovery conditions. Blood serum zinc showed a strong positive correlation with the rise in ACTH during stress and its decline in stress recovery. Serum calcium, copper, and magnesium demonstrated little correlation with ACTH changes. The strong ACTH-zinc correlation points to an as yet undefined interaction between ACTH and zinc
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