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A Quantitative Study of the Toxic Action of Quinones on Planaria gonocephala

Nature volume 158, pages 948–949 (1946)Cite this article

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THE purpose of the experiments to be described in this paper have been: (1) to continue studies on the mechanism of the antibiotic and toxic effects of certain quinone derivatives1; and (2) to extend earlier investigations2 and to study the so-called axial gradients in a quantitative way. Planaria gonocephala was chosen as a suitable model organism for both purposes. Eleven different quinone derivatives have been tested.

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  1. Zoological Institute, University of Vienna,

    L. V. BERTALANFFY

  2. 1st Chemical Laboratory, University of Vienna,

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V. BERTALANFFY, L., HOFFMAN-OSTENHOF, O. & SCHREIER, O. A Quantitative Study of the Toxic Action of Quinones on Planaria gonocephala. Nature 158, 948–949 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158948a0

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