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BREUSCH1 assumes that acetoacetic and oxaloacetic acids form citric acid in animal tissues according to, the reaction: Wieland and Rosenthal2, apparently independently, arrive at a similar view. They suggest that the following reaction occurs in kidney and heart:
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Breusch, F. L., Science, 97, 480 (1943).
Wieland, H., and Rosenthal, C., Liebigs Ann., 554, 241 (1943).
Krebs, H. A., and Johnson, W. A., Biochem. J., 31, 241 (1937).
Krebs, H. A., Egglestbn, L. V., Kleinzeller, A., and Smyth, H. D., Biochem. J., 34, 1234 (1940).
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KREBS, H., EGGLESTON, L. Metabolism of Acetoacetic Acid in Animal Tissues. Nature 154, 209–210 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154209a0
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