Studies in Purine Metabolism
- 1 January 1926
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 20 (2) , 437-446
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0200437
Abstract
In hunger the nuclear-plasmic ratio falls slightly below normal, indicating a greater relative loss of nuclear than of cytoplasmic material. The protein-reserve theory of Rubner must therefore be reconsidered. Purine feeding does not increase the nuclear-plasmic ratio, whence it follows that purine bodies are not assimilated and stored by the mammal. Purine bodies are synthesized with comparative ease by the adult albino rat.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Studies in the Chemical Dynamics of Animal NutritionBiochemical Journal, 1906