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Interrelation between Tryptophan and Nicotinic Acid in Human Viral Hepatitis

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CONTINUING the chromatographic work carried out on tryptophan–nicotinic acid metabolism on urine of mice affected with experimental MHV-3 virus1, we have investigated the effect of viral hepatitis on the relationship between tryptophan and nicotinic acid in man.

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QUAGLIARIELLO, E., TANCREDI, F., SACCONE, C. et al. Interrelation between Tryptophan and Nicotinic Acid in Human Viral Hepatitis. Nature 194, 976–977 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194976b0

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