“ Arginine … hCT (12.5 µg in 30 min) infusion induced a similar significant increase in plasma glucose at 10, and 20 min (p<0.05) and ….01) and a significant decrease of plasma IRI at 10 min (p<0.05) at 20 min and 30 min (p<0.005).”
“In our opinion, the most interesting results are those observed with arginine plus hCT at two different dosages (25 µg and 12.5 µg infused in 30 min).”
“Our results clearly demonstrate that physiologic doses of hCT are able to inhibit arginine induced insulin secretion in normal man.”
“… fact arginine … hCT (25 µg in 30 min) administration induced a significant increase of glycemia at 5, 10 and 20 min (p<0.01) and at …) and a significant decrease of IRI at 5, 10, 20 and 30 min (p<0.001) and at 45 min (p<0.005).”