Abstract
The distribution of potassium and sodium in the pancreas, skeletal muscle and liver,
blood sugar and insulin concentrations of the plasma and the pancreas were studied
in rats with potassium deficiency. Under this condition a decrease of potassium and
an increase of sodium in the intracellular fluid of the pancreas occurred. The total
insulin content of the pancreas was not altered. However, glucose-induced increase
of plasma insulin was reduced in potassium deficient rats while the degree of hyperglycemia
was not significantly changed.
Key words
Potassium Deficiency - Pancreas - Distribution of Electrolytes - Insulin Content
1 Presented in part at the seventh meeting of the German Society for the study of Diabetes,
May 1973, Bad Nauheim
