Abstract
Both adipokinetic hormone and octopamine have a stimulating effect on lipid release from
locust fat body in vitro, when incubated in diluted haemolymph. The presence of adipokinetic hormone
results in the formation of the flight-specific haemolymph lipoprotein A⁺ accepting the increased amount
of lipids released into the incubation medium. In contrast, interconversions of
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