Iron Metabolism and Organ Weights of Rats With Turpentine Inflammation
- 1 March 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Vol. 24 (3) , 673-678
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/24.3.673
Abstract
Turpentine inflammation in addition to causing anemia and a depression of plasma iron also decreased liver and kidney catalase activity. Repeated injections of turpentine oil into rats resulted in an increase in the dry weight of the liver, spleen, and adrenals, and involution of the thymus. These changes were similar to those which occurred in the tumor-bearing rat, or in a rat receiving an extract of the Walker carcinosarcoma 256. The possible involvement of the reticuloendothelial system in some of the these alterations is discussed.Keywords
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