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LITTLE is known of the metabolic changes occurring in mammalian oral tissues. Glickman1 determined the oxygen quotient, Q (O2), (µl. oxygen taken up per mgm. dry tissue per hr.) of normal human gingiva and found it to be 1.6 ± 0.37. In 19502 he reported that the Q (O2) of normal dog gingiva was 1.3 ± 0.07. Recently we have shown that a complete citric acid cycle exists in sheep gingiva, the Q (O2) for this tissue being3 1.46 ± 0.33. This work has been extended to include rat oral tissues in which the occurrence of a citric acid cycle has also been demonstrated4. The present report is concerned with the effect of vitamin D on the metabolism of rat palatal mucosa.
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ZAR, L., IRVING, J. Effect of Vitamin D on the Respiration of Rat Oral Tissue. Nature 184, 1410–1411 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841410b0
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