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DURING work on the irradiation of bakers' yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, it was found that irradiation of the buffers, sodium cacodylate (sodium dimethylarsinate), (CH3)2 As O O Na, and of tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane (=tris= 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1, 3-propanediol), 
yielded substances giving positive Fiske–SubbaRow1 and ninhydrin2 colorimetric tests, respectively. Further investigations have been carried out to assess the value of these systems in radiation dosimetry.
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LEVINSON, H., GARBER, E. Radiation Dosimetry with Sodium Cacodylate and Tris. Nature 207, 751–752 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207751a0
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