Author Question: If a pharmaceutical company wished to design a drug to maintain low blood sugar (Read 523 times)

TI

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 434
If a pharmaceutical company wished to design a drug to maintain low blood sugar levels, one approach might be to design a compound
A) that mimics epinephrine and can bind to the epinephrine receptor.
B) that stimulates cAMP production in liver cells.
C) to stimulate G protein activity in liver cells.
D) that increases phosphodiesterase activity.
E) that does any of the above.



coco

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 739
In class, we found it was D. Good luck with the rest.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question

TI

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 434

 

Did you know?

Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.

Did you know?

All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.

Did you know?

To combat osteoporosis, changes in lifestyle and diet are recommended. At-risk patients should include 1,200 to 1,500 mg of calcium daily either via dietary means or with supplements.

Did you know?

The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.

Did you know?

Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library