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Catalase Activity of Mouse Liver and its Relation to the Condition of the Animal

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IN papers dealing with methods of determining catalase activity in animal tissue, while dealing with the experimental conditions, usually little attention is paid to the condition of the animal. We have found the latter to be of utmost importance.

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VAN SENDEN, K., DE JONG, J. Catalase Activity of Mouse Liver and its Relation to the Condition of the Animal. Nature 188, 1116–1117 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1881116a0

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