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AT the meeting in Newcastle upon Tyne of Section I (Physiology) of the British Association on September 6, the presidential address on “The Cell’ by Prof. R. A. Peters was followed by a group of papers on particular aspects of cellular physiology. Prof. Peters emphasized that recent work upon organised enzyme systems has already produced therapeutic results. In illustration, he chose two poisonous substances, iodoacetic acid (I:CH2·COOH) and flouroacetic acid (F.CH2·COOH), which have similar chemical structures but very dif?erent types of biochemical action. The iodine atom of the iodoacetic acid can easily take part in substitution reactions at neutral pH values, whereas the C—F group in ffuoroacetic rcid is very stable.
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DAVIDSON, J. Biochemistry and Physiology of the Cell. Nature 164, 984–986 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164984a0
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