GH secretion by arginine stimulus: the effect of both low doses and oral arginine administered before standard test
Matteini, M.; Cotrozzi, G.; Zammarchi, E.; Relli, P.; Cappelli, G.
Bollettino della Societa Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale 56(21): 2254-2260
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-8771 PMID: 7213491 Document Number: 167408
Small arginine doses (2 ml of 10% - 200 mg - arginine monohydrochloride i.v. administered) are capable of provoking a significant GH secretion. No correlation was found between GH peak observed after this administration and that observed after a standard arginine stimulus (24.8 g) performed subsequently. GH response to a standard arginine stimulus was blunted, differently from the response to insulin stimulus, by a previous oral arginine administration.