Oxygenation and Oxidation 



Table IV. Effect of Thyroidectomy, Thiouracil and Thyroxine on 

 Cytochrome c {Drabkin 1948 n > i& ) 



Rats of 200 to 250 gm body weight on high protein diet; 40 

 thiouracil, 50 mg per day ; thyroxine subcutaneously, 1 mg every other day. 



* Ribose nucleic acid 



t Desoxyribose nucleic acid 



J Wet weight of tissue 



§ 68 4 per cent of liver excised 



II Values after ± are standard errors 



Most of the work reported here was carried out under contract between 

 the Office of Naval Research and the University of Pennsylvania. 



Received August 1948 



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