GLOSSARY 



(Hormones are marked with an asterisk) 



A.C.E. : Extract of adrenal cortex of vertebrates. 

 *ACH : Hormones of adrenal cortex of vertebrates. 

 *ACTH: Adrenocorticotrophic hormone from vertebrate adeno- 



hypophysis. 

 *ADH: Antidiuretic hormone from vertebrate neurohypophysis. 

 Adrenalectomy : Operative removal of the adrenal body and especially 



of the adrenal cortex. 

 Allatectomy: Operative removal of the corpus allatum. 

 Antidiuretin : A commercial product containing *ADH. 

 Antuitrin: A commercial extract of the anterior lobe of mammalian 



pituitary body (i.e. of the adenohypophysis). 

 ATP: Adenosine triphosphate, a phosphagen with a high-energy 



phosphate bond. 

 *B: Intermedin or melanophore-dispersing hormone (*MSH) from 

 pars intermedia of vertebrates. 

 C: Carbon. 



C^* : Radioactive isotope of carbon. 

 Ca: Calcium. 

 *CBLH: Cr^^o-body-lightening hormone, concentrating black pigment 

 in melanophores on body of shrimp; present in brain extracts. 

 Ccr: Rate of creatinine clearance in urine. 

 *CDH: Cr«^o-darkening hormone, dispersing black pigment in all 

 melanophores of shrimp ; present in commissure extracts. 

 Ch20* R^t^ of clearance of "free" water. 

 Cl~: Chloride ion (anion), 

 cm^ : Cubic centimetre or millilitre. 

 C.N.S. : Central nervous system. 

 COg: Carbon dioxide. 



CRF: Cortical-releasing-factor, acting on pars distalis of vertebrates. 

 *CTLH: Cr^^o-tail-lightening hormone, concentrating black pigment 

 in melanophores on the tail of shrimp; released from sinus gland. 

 *CWCH: Cm^o-white-concentrating hormone, concentrating pig- 

 ment in guanophores of shrimp. Source uncertain. 

 *CWDH: Cra^o-white-dispersing hormone, dispersing pigment in 



guanophores of shrimp. Source uncertain. 

 *D : Diapause hormone, from suboesophageal ganglion of insects. 



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