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Structural and Enzymatic Changes in Muscle due to Ageing

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So far, there has been no systematic and detailed investigation on the enzymes and their changes with ageing. The activity of various enzymes was found to change with ageing in different ways1. No change occurs in certain tissues, while in others the activity increases or decreases with ageing. A detailed investigation was therefore designed on the cellular and enzymatic changes in the human muscle.

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SUSHEELA, A. Structural and Enzymatic Changes in Muscle due to Ageing. Nature 204, 296–297 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204296a0

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