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phosphorus was adniinislorcd alone, leads to the eonelusion 1 liat during' 

 the absorption of neutral lat, lecithin is formed outside the intestinal 

 tract. A comparatively rapid formation of labelled lecithin in several 

 organs in the course of normal metabolism has in fact recently been 

 observed^. 



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Comp. also: 

 L. Hahn and G. Heve.sy, Scand. Archiv. f. Phys. (Aug. 1937). 



1 7 Hevesy 



