Failure to Produce Obesity in the Rat Following Gold Thioglucose Injection.
- 1 June 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 86 (2) , 376-378
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-86-21104
Abstract
This work shows that Wistar albino rats do not become obese as do mice, following a single intraperit. or intramus. injn. of gold thioglucose. It is postulated that genetic factors influence the capacity to develop such obesity.Keywords
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