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TABLE VIII 



Amounts of Ribonucleic Acid Phosphorus (PNA-P) and Deoxyribonucleic 



Acid Phosphorus (DNA-P) in Various Neoplastic Tissues 



dying from vitamin C deficiency the concentrations in the liver of both 

 nucleic acids (per unit weight and per unit PN) increased appreciably, 

 while the average DNA-P content per nucleus remained unchanged.^^* 

 One aspect common to all the above deficiencies, except those of vitamin 



'^« J. M. Price, E. C. Miller, J. A. Miller, and G. M. Weber, Cancer Research 10, 18 



(1950). 

 "" G. A. LePage, V. R. Potter, H. Busch, C. Heidelberger, and R. B. Hurlbert, Cancer 



Research 12, 153 (1952). 

 '*8 E. B. Schoenbach, N. Weissman, B. Goldberg, and J. Fisher, Proc. Soc. Exptl. 



Biol. Med. 80, 559 (1952) . 



