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EULER has classified the hormones and vitamins together as “ergones”, and has laid stress on the fact that ergones may act as coferments. The best examples are vitamins B1 and B2, which are important parts of the molecules of cocarboxylase and Warburg's yellow ferment. It seems probable that many ergones may act by influencing enzymes. The authors of the present book class together as "ergines"all the organic substances which act in small doses—enzymes, hormones and vitamins. These groups interact in many ways and are conveniently considered together.
Fermente, Hormone, Vitamine:
und die Beziehungen dieser Wirkstoffe zueinander. Von Dr. Robert Ammon und Dr. Wilhelm Dirscherl. Pp. xvi+451. (Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1938.) 30 gold marks.
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Fermente, Hormone, Vitamine. Nature 141, 896 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141896b0
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