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IN studies of the aetiological factors of byssinosis, histamine was shown to be present in small quantities in dusts collected from cotton mills1 and in somewhat larger amounts in the leaves and stems of cotton plants2. The possible origin of this amine has now been investigated.
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LLOYD, G., NICHOLLS, P. Formation of Histamine in the Cotton Plant. Nature 206, 298 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206298a0
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