EFFECT OF X-RAYS ON NUCLEIC ACID IN JENSEN-SARCOMA 



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Table 1. — Nttcleic Acid Formatiox ix Unirradiated Jensen-Sarcoma 



(Time of experiment, 2 hr.) 



Rat ao. 



Weight of iniri- 



fied sarconiu 



fem) 



Xucleic acid 

 phosphorus con- 

 tent in 1 gm 

 sarcoma 

 (mgm) 



'*P content of 1 iiil'iu rmriric acid 

 phosphorus, as a piK mtiL/c of the 

 '*P content of 



1 mgm of inorg. 

 P of the liver 



1 mgm of inorg. 

 P of the plasma 



I + II 



III + IV 



V + VI 



VII +vni 



IX + X 

 XI + XII 



XIII 



XIV 



XV 



XVI 



Mean value . 



36.2 

 34.5 

 19.3 

 31.9 

 23.2 

 2.9 

 16.7 

 22.5 

 17.9 

 17.7 



22.3 



3.8 

 12.3 

 7.5 

 6.6 

 8.3 

 0.9 

 1.3 

 6.3 

 2.4 

 5.7 



5.5 



2.60 

 2.23 

 3.10 

 1.76 

 1.30 

 1.35 

 2.33 

 1.14 

 1.13 

 1.25 



1.82 



2.98 

 2.15 



1.76 

 1.06 

 1.21 

 1.52 



1.78 



Table 2. — Nucleic Acid Formation in Slightly Irradiated Jensen-Sarcoma 

 (Dosage of 77 to 310 r [international Roentgen units]. Time of experiment, 2 hr.) 



