抄録
The change in the blood ATP level of five diabetic patients and five normal adults was observed hourly for five hours following adrenaline injection (0.5mg.). Adrenaline injection produced a definite decrease in blood ATP and this decrease was more prominent in the diabetic group than in the normal persons. The change of blood inorganic phosphorus elicited by adrenaline was biphasic in healthy adults, with a decrease phase and an increase phase. In the diabetic group, this initial decrease phase was absent or very slight. These results seem to suggest a latent disturbance of ATP formation in diabetic patients.
