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THE interpretations which Ogston1 has placed on certain tracer experiments on metabolic processes have aroused widespread interest in the role of tracer elements in stereochemistry. Ogston's concept has recently been substantiated in the case of citric acid by the experiments of Potter and Heidelberger2. It has implications, however, which go beyond the specific biochemical experiments cited by Ogston.
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WILCOX, P. Isotopic Tracer Elements and Stereochemistry. Nature 164, 757 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164757a0
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