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WHEN the fully developed mycelium of a certain mould belonging to the flavus section of the flavus-oryzae group of Aspergilli, is allowed to act upon a 5 per cent solution of glucose in the presence of a small quantity of toluene, I have observed that glucosone is produced. This may be detected in the medium when the experiment has been allowed to proceed at a temperature of about 27°–28° for several days, the presence of the glucosone being demonstrated by the fact that addition of phenylhydrazine acetate in the cold gives rise immediately to a precipitate of glucosazone. A 5 per cent solution of glucose on treatment with phenylhydrazine acetate in the cold does not yield immediately a precipitate of glucosazone.
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Proc. Roy. Soc., B101, 244; 1927.
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WALKER, T. A Biological Conversion of Glucose to Glucosone. Nature 130, 582 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130582b0
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