The Adrenal Secretion of Xenopus Laevis (The South African Clawed Toad)

1932 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-237
Author(s):  
D. EPSTEIN ◽  
J.W. C. GUNN ◽  
E. EPSTEIN ◽  
G. RIMER
Keyword(s):  
Xenopus Laevis ◽  
South African ◽  
Normal Saline ◽  
Saline Solution ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
The South ◽  
Mammalian Tissues ◽  
Adrenal Secretion

1. Adrenal bodies have been shown to be present on the anterior or ventral surface of the kidneys of Xenopus. Extracts of this region of the kidney contain a sympathomimetic substance, probably adrenaline. 2. Active preparations are best obtained by extracting freshly excised kidneys with normal saline solution. The extracts should be used immediately. 3. Amphibian tissues appear to react more sensitively than mammalian tissues towards the extracts.

TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF IMMUNOREACTIVE SOMATOSTATIN IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CLAWED TOAD (XENOPUS LAEVIS)

1979 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. SHAPIRO ◽  
M. SHEPPARD ◽  
S. KRONHEIM ◽  
B. L. PIMSTONE
Keyword(s):  
Xenopus Laevis ◽  
Tissue Distribution ◽  
South African ◽  
Rich Source ◽  
Gut Peptides ◽  
The South ◽  
The Brain

Immunoreactive somatostatin is present in the brain, gut and pancreas of the South African clawed toad, but is absent from the skin, a rich source of many other brain–gut peptides.

Establishment of a cell line (XTC-2) from the South African clawed toad,Xenopus laevis

1973 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Pudney ◽  
M. G. R. Varma ◽  
C. J. Leake
Keyword(s):  
Xenopus Laevis ◽  
Cell Line ◽  
South African ◽  
The South ◽  
A Cell
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