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HUMAN blood plasma or serum produces a delayed, slow contraction of the isolated ileum of the guinea pig. This effect is best observed with dialysed plasma, since dialysis eliminates the quick-contracting agents1. Recently, Gabr2 described the isolation from the G. 2 fraction of human plasma3 of a fatty acid which has an effect similar to that of plasma on the isolated ileum of the guinea pig.
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GABR, Y., ALY, R. Slow Contraction of Smooth Muscle produced by Human Plasma. Nature 183, 897 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183897a0
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