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Fate of Injected Dextran Labelled with Tritium in Mice

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THE metabolism of the blood plasma substitute dextran has been widely studied during the last decade. It was early shown that starch-splitting enzymes do not break down dextran; but Grönwall found evidence that dextran is altered in the tissues to make it stainable with leuco-fuchsin without previous treatment with periodic acid. Cargill and Brunner2 showed that dextran labelled with carbon-14 is metabolized in mice since 14CO2 could be recovered from the expired air and labelled carbonates isolated from the urine.

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HANNGREN, Å., HANSSON, E., ULLBERG, S. et al. Fate of Injected Dextran Labelled with Tritium in Mice. Nature 184, 373–374 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184373a0

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