pancrein

…presence of a substance called pancrein, which is thought to have been insulin, in pancreatic extracts); and in 1929 Edward Doisy isolated an estrus-producing hormone from the urine of pregnant females.

…who discovered a substance called pancrein in pancreatic extracts from dogs. Paulescu found that diabetic dogs given an injection of pancrein experienced a temporary decrease in blood glucose levels. Although he did not purify pancrein, it is thought that the substance was insulin. That same year, working independently, Frederick Banting,…

…discovery of a substance called pancrein (later thought to have been insulin) in pancreatic extracts from dogs. Paulescu found that diabetic dogs given an injection of unpurified pancrein experienced a temporary decrease in blood glucose levels. Also in 1921, working independently of Paulescu, Canadian physician Frederick Banting and American-born Canadian…

…substance, which he called “pancrein” (or “pancreine”; now considered to have been insulin). (Paulescu reported the discovery himself in a 1921 paper.) After injecting the extract into the jugular veins of diabetic dogs, he found that the dogs’ abnormally high blood glucose levels were temporarily returned to normal. Shortly…