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THIS communication describes a new, simple, yet sensitive and very reproducible technique for the spectro-photometric determination of testosterone, surpassing the known specific reactions with sulphuric acid reagents1–7 with regard to precision, sensitivity and homogeneity of blanks.
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SACHS, L. A Sulphuric Acid Reagent for the Colori-metric Determination of Testosterone. Nature 201, 296 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201296a0
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