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ASCORBIC acid deficiency produces well-known alterations in wound healing. Using histoenzymatic techniques important changes have been described such as a decrease in alkaline phosphatase1 and a relative increase in acid phosphatase2 in scorbutic wounds as compared with controls. With the technique proposed by Wachstein and Meisel3 for the demonstration of adenosine triphosphatase a marked response appears in blood vessels. This investigation was carried out in order to examine adenosine triphosphatase-positive blood vessels in wounds performed in normal and scorbutic animals.
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CABRINI, R., CARRANZA, F. Adenosine Triphosphatase in Normal and Scorbutic Wounds. Nature 200, 1113 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001113a0
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