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KING and Menten (1935) have reported that guinea-pigs having a high vitamin C storage are less sensitive to diphtheria toxin than are those having a low vitamin C storage. This observation may be important in relation to the pathogenesis of diphtheria infection. We, therefore, tried to ascertain the effect of vitamin C on toxin production by C. diphtheria in vitro.
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KLIGLER, I. Inhibitive Effect of Vitamin C on Toxin Production by C. diphtheria. Nature 138, 291 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138291b0
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