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CONCEPTIONS of the mode of action of fluoroacetate are varied and conflicting, according to the biological material studied1–5. Another reaction of fluoroacetate, in nematode parasites, in which it appears to inhibit oxidation within the Krebs tricarboxylic acid cycle, is reported here.
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MASSEY, V., ROGERS, W. Fluoroacetate and the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Nematode Parasites. Nature 165, 681–682 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165681b0
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