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General and comparative endocrinology • 1987 | View Paper
“A high extracellular concentration of potassium (40 mmol/l) caused a three- to tenfold calcium-dependent increase in release of insulin and a parallel release of glucagon.”
“Other investigators have shown that infusion of glucagon causes the concentration of potassium , [K+], in the arterial plasma to increase rapidly, then to decrease to less than the beginning value.”
European journal of pharmacology • 1977 | View Paper
“Chronic administration of glucagon (100 µg twice daily) for 5 days resulted in increased absorption of 3-O-methyl-D-glucose, water, sodium and potassium as well as in an increase of D-glucose induced PD.”
“5 In the light of observations made by other workers, it is suggested that the antiarrhythmic effect of glucagon may be due to movement of potassium ions into the cardiac cell.”