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Partial Synthesis of Vitamin B12 Coenzyme and Analogues
THE structure of the vitamin B12 coenzyme1 has been determined recently by X-ray crystallography2. It seemed possible (cf. ref. 3) that a synthesis of this compound, which contains a 5′-deoxyadenosyl group attach...
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Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 and Anæmia
THE programme for Section I (Physiology) of the British Association at the meeting this year at Newcastle upon Tyne included a symposium on folic acid, vitamin B 12 and anæmia. In a brief introduction, the chairm...
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An Introduction to Chromatography
A BOOK that states its objective in the preface, that precisely fulfils it in ninety-six crisply writtln pages, must be warmly commended. The objective, though limited, is worthy-to provide a readable and desc...
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Systems of Four Immiscible Liquid Layers
IN a recent letter Prof. J. R. Partington1 states that the system of four immiscible liquid layers described by me2 does not appear to be stable, inasmuch as a specimen, that originally separated into the four la...
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Systems of Four Immiscible Liquid Layers
SYSTEMS of three immiscible layers are sufficiently uncommon to be noteworthy, and no system of four layers appears to have been described (excluding systems containing free mercury). Nor is this remarkable wh...