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IN the course of bioassays of extracts of normal male urine1,2 for tumour-inhibiting properties, we have investigated their effect on alkaline phosphatase present in certain tumours by Gomori‘s histological technique. Similar examinations were carried out using other tumour-inhibitory substances, namely, stilbæstrol3 and colchicine4,5.
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FLEMING, R., PECZENIK, O. Alkaline Phosphatase and Tumour Inhibition. Nature 162, 338–339 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162338b0
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