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THIS communication reports on the inhibition of the reduction of pyruvate to lactate, catalysed by lactate dehydrogenase with NADH as coenzyme. This is of interest in an attempt to block glycolysis in tumour cells1,2.
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ROMMEL, A. Effect of Yeast Pyruvate Decarboxylase on Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma in vivo. Nature 212, 201 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212201a0
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