corticotrophicadj.

1934 Chem. Abstr. 28 6813/1 (heading) Comparison of the effects of the corticotropic hormone of the pituitary upon various animal species.

1935 Chem. Abstr. 29 5163/1 Animal charcoal absorbs the pigmentation hormone without affecting the corticotropic hormone.

1936 H. D. Rolleston Endocrine Organs iii. 64 Corticotropic..or Adreno-cortical Stimulating Hormone.

1939 Jrnl. Endocrinology 1 57 The growth response of hereditarily dwarfed mice and of pigeons to..corticotropic extracts and to thyroxin does not disprove the existence of growth hormone.

1944 Lancet 5 Feb. 188/2 The evidence for corticotrophic activity in anterior pituitary extracts is well established.

1942 Jrnl. Endocrinology 3 8 These experiments strongly suggest the presence of two different factors in pituitary corticotrophin—one affecting adrenal weight, the other the distribution of lipoid in the cortex.

1943 Science 3 Sept. 225/1 It is generally believed that hypophyseal corticotropin is protein in nature.

1944 Lancet 5 Feb. 188/2 Thus corticotrophin has been postulated as being responsible for all or part of the growth-promoting activity, glycotropic activity and diabetogenic activity of anterior pituitary extracts, and..there is evidence to support all these claims, though not evidence enough to make them by any means cast-iron.

1952 Chem. Abstr. 46 6754 (heading) Treatment of ulcerative colitis with corticotropin (ACTH) and cortisone.

1962 Lancet 8 Dec. 1190/2 Patients with rheumatoid arthritis from ten British centres who had been treated with corticotrophin or steroids.