adrenaline

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First Appearance TOS03 (10 Nov 1966)
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Adrenaline was a chemical derived from the stimulant hormone epinephrine,[1] produced by the adrenal gland in Humans. On Stardate 1512.2, Lieutenant Commander Spock noted that the organ and its effects sounded "most inconvenient."[2] Adrenaline was used as an effective radiation treatment in Earth's atomic age, but was later superseded by hyronalin. When several senior officers from the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 were stricken by exposure to an unknown form of radiation that proved unresponsive to hyronalin on Stardate 3478.2, Spock and Dr. Janet Wallace developed an adrenaline alternative that not only stopped, but reversed, the rapid-aging effects of exposure to the radiation.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Trimble, Bjo (Author). Star Trek Concordance. Star Trek. Book , revised and updated edition. Citadel Press. 1995.
  2. Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Corbomite Maneuver". Star Trek, season 1, episode 10 (Production number 03). Directed by Joseph Sargent. Written by Jerry Sohl. Desilu Productions. 10 November 1966.
  3. Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Deadly Years." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 11. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by David P. Harmon. Desilu Productions, 8 December 1967.