“…In the present study it was necessary to administer propranolol repeatedly in order to maintain effective 13-receptor blockade probably due to the reported short half-life of propranolol in rats (Faulkner, Hopkins, Boerth, Young, Jellett, Nies, Bender & Shand, 1973). Propranolol alone enhanced the acid secretory effect of pentagastrin in rats as in dogs (Evans & Lin, 1970;Lin & Evans, 1973;Curwain, Holton & Spencer, 1973) and man (Konturek & Oleksy, 1969). The augmentation of acid secretion by propranolol itself invalidates the suggestion that the inhibitory effect of isoprenaline may be mediated by ,B-receptor activation.…”