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In a previous communication, evidence was given1 indicating the presence in human cancer tissue of a fraction, or fractions, the fluorescent spectra of which were similar to, if not identical with, those produced by methylcholanthrene. The fluorescence produced in a similarly treated lipoid fraction obtained from non-cancerous livers was considerably weaker, and appeared in a different region of the spectrum.
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PENN, H., KAPLAN, J. Fluorescence of Cancerous and Non-Cancerous Lipoids. Nature 160, 18–19 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160018b0
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