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THE interesting letter of Dr. R. A. McCance and Miss E. M. Widdowson in Nature of May 271, in which they point out the relatively large quantity of phytase in wheat as compared with oats, gives me the opportunity of recording some further facts on this important practical issue which supplement those given in the letter. This is no mere academic question, but concerns what in the past certainly has been, and in my view possibly still is, the most prominent problem of malnutrition affecting people in Great Britain.
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McCance, R. A., and Widdowson, E. M., Nature, 153, 650 (1944).
Mellanby, E., Spec. Rep. Ser. Med. Res. Coun. Lond., No. 93 (1925).
Harrison, D. C., and Mellanby, E., Biochem. J., 33, 1660 (1939).
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MELLANBY, E. Phytic Acid and Phytase in Cereals. Nature 154, 394–395 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154394a0
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