“…In this paper we describe the effect of somatostatin on bile flow, on bile, plasma and liver lipids and on liver glycogen and plasma glucose levels in the rat. Since the inhibition of gastric acid secretions by somatostatin has been demonstrated in the rat (Lippman & Borella, 1976), in other animal species (Barros, Bloom & Baron, 1975;Gomez-Pan, Reed, Albinus, Besser, Coy, Kastin & Schally, 1975) and in man (Raptis, Dollinger, VonBerger, Schlegel, Schroden & Pfeiffer, 1975), we used this criterion to establish the effectiveness of the dose level of somatostatin used in this study.…”