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AN increasing interest is being shown in serum oxyto-cinase (l-cystine-aminopeptidase (3.4.1.2.)) levels in pregnancy, yet the methods described in recent papers1,2 for its determination seem unnecessarily laborious. We have for some time now been using the modification described here. It is based on the method used for the determination of l-leucine-aminopeptidase (3.4.1.1.) activity in serum3–5, now used as a routine biochemical investigation for which commercial test kits have been developed, such as that of Boehringer, Biochemica, Mannheim, which we use.
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HARDY, S., RITCHIE, J. Determination of Serum Oxytocinase (l-Cystine-aminopeptidase) Activity. Nature 209, 76–77 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209076a0
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