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ALTHOUGH the presence of diastatic enzymes in the saliva of frogs was originally announced by R. Lépine in 18701 and confirmed by R. J. Junold in 19332, its presence seems so largely to have escaped notice that a fresh investigation using newer techniques is not uncalled for, especially since neither author took the precaution of excluding bacterial enzymes, or made any attempt to determine the precise nature of the reactions involved.
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Lépine, R., “Arb. physiol. Anstalt. Leipzig”, 113 (1870).
Junold, P. J., Inaug-diss. Leipzig (1933).
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FRANCIS, E., EISA, E. Salivary Diastases of the Frog and Toad. Nature 167, 281 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167281a0
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