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IN a recent and interesting review by Commoner1, on the cyanide inhibition of cellular respiration, it is suggested that the cyanide-stable respiration is mediated through the yellow-enzyme system and is concerned with the oxidation of fatty substances, that is, compounds with a low O/C ratio. As tentative support for this hypothesis Commoner instances the relatively high QCNO of liver, kidney and heart, the high flavin content of these tissues, and their low respiratory quotient (R.Q.) values.
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Commoner, B., Biol. Rev., 15, 168 (1940).
Roberts, E. A. H., Biochem. J., 30, 2166 (1936).
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HOUGHTON ROBERTS, E. Nature of the Cyanide-Stable Portion of Cellular Respiration. Nature 146, 461–462 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146461b0
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