Diurnal variations of S-adenosyl-L-methionine and adenosine content in the rat pineal gland.

Abstract:

:S-adenosylmethionine and adenosine levels in the rat pineal gland were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography after fractionation of the pineal extracts. The concentration of S-adenosylmethionine follows a circadian rhythm and is about three times higher during the day (2.5 nmol/gland) than the night (1.1 nmol/gland). The variations in the level of adenosine are apparently more complex. Over the 24 hours period there are two maxima at 03.00 (120 pmol/gland) and 15.00 hrs (100 pmol/gland) and one minimum at 09.00 hrs (50 pmol/gland). In addition, only an ultradian rhythm with a period of 12 hrs and an acrophase of 3 hrs can be evinced by computer analysis.

journal_name

Life Sci

journal_title

Life sciences

authors

Chabannes B,Sarda N,Cronenberger L,Pacheco H

doi

10.1016/0024-3205(84)90253-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-08-06 00:00:00

pages

589-96

issue

6

eissn

0024-3205

issn

1879-0631

pii

0024-3205(84)90253-4

journal_volume

35

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