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Rat Liver Xanthine Oxidase in Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning

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DURING the course of experiments dealing with the effect of some hepatotoxic drugs on rat liver xanthine oxidase, it was found that this enzyme is activated when carbon tetrachloride is administered in a single necrogenic dosage. The present communication presents results obtained in normal young rats injected subcutaneously with 0.1 ml./100 gm. body-weight.

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    GILBERTO G. VILLELA & EMILIO MITIDIERI

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VILLELA, G., MITIDIERI, E. Rat Liver Xanthine Oxidase in Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning. Nature 175, 208–209 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175208a0

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