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Antagonistic Effects of Cortisone and Salicylate

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THE injection of cortisone has been observed to cause glycosuria in normal rats fed on a high carbohydrate diet1. Sodium salicylate reduced this glycosuria (Fig. 1) and also reduced the hyperglycæmia obtained in these animals after feeding (Fig. 2).

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SMITH, M. Antagonistic Effects of Cortisone and Salicylate. Nature 170, 240–241 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170240a0

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