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Gastric-stimulating Factor in Meat Extract

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IT was first shown by Pavlov1 that meat extract was a powerful stimulant of gastric secretion when given by mouth. Later workers confirmed this but failed to identify the compounds responsible for the effect (for a review, see ref. 2). Following a full investigation of the constituents of meat extract3,4, a sustained effort was made to identify the gastric stimulating factor, with the results presented here.

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  1. T. WOOD

    Present address: Biochemistry Department, Institute of Psychiatry, The Maudsley Hospital, London, S.E.5

  2. E. P. ADAMS

    Present address: Department of Experimental Pathology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  3. A. E. BENDER

    Present address: Research and Development Department, Farley's Infant Food, Ltd., Colnbrook, Bucks

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  1. Research Department, Bovril, Ltd., 148/166 Old Street, London, E.C.1

    T. WOOD, E. P. ADAMS & A. E. BENDER

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WOOD, T., ADAMS, E. & BENDER, A. Gastric-stimulating Factor in Meat Extract. Nature 195, 1207–1208 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951207a0

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