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Effect of Reduced Glutathione on Haem Synthesis in Rat Liver during the Postnatal Period

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GROWTH is subordinate to the development of function in the liver of the rat during the first 2 weeks after birth1. In this period the activities of some respiratory enzymes in the liver increase to adult levels. Dawkins found that the rates at which some substrates are oxidized increase greatly in the first few days after birth2. He also demonstrated a marked increase over this period in the concentration of co-factors of the respiratory enzymes. The rate-limiting factor controlling these processes is not at present known.

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SCHRÖTER, W., OOLE, A. Effect of Reduced Glutathione on Haem Synthesis in Rat Liver during the Postnatal Period. Nature 211, 1406–1407 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2111406a0

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