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Table 5h. 



Faeces 



Excretion of labelled P in the course of 53 days 6.7 per cent. 

 Total P excretion in faeces 16.924 gm. 

 Daily average P excretion 0.320 gm. 



Table 6a. — Labelled P Administered per Subcutaneous 

 Injection. Age of Female Subject 20 Years, Weight 65 

 kgm at the beginning of the experiment and 70 kgm at 



THE End. 



Time after adminis- 

 tration of labelled P 

 in days 



Total volume 

 in liter 



Total P content 

 in gm 



% of total activity 



administered, 



present in urine 



Excretion of labelled P in the course of 77 days 14.3 per.cent. 

 Total P excretion in urine 52.32 gm. 

 Daily P excretion 0.680 gm. 



Table 66. 



Faeces 



Time after adminis- 

 tration of labelled P 

 in days 



Amount of dry 

 faeces in gm 



Total P content 

 in gm 



% of total activity 



administered, 

 present in faeces 



0— 6 



6—17 



17—38 



38—45 



132.6 

 572.6 

 636.5 

 214.7 



2. .585 

 9.360 

 7.070 

 2.815 



0.60 

 0.84 

 0.12 

 0.10 



Excretion of labelled P in the course of 45 days 1.7 per cent.. 

 Total P excretion in faeces 19.245 gm. 

 Daily P excretion 0.447 gm. 



from individual to individual. Though the human subjects were kept on the same 

 diet, both the total P content and also the activity excreted within the first 24 

 hours varied markedly from individual to individual, as seen in Table 7. 



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