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CHANGES IN THE CATALASE ACTIVITY OF THE LIVER IN MICE AFTER X-IRRADIATION

Journal Article · · Folia Biologica (Prague) (Czechoslovakia)
OSTI ID:4119040

Experiments were performed on catalase activity in livers of irradiated female white mice. The mice, which were fed a Larsen diet, were irradiated at 180 kv, 15 ma at 66 r/min to total-body doses of 600, 720, and 1000 r. The mice were decapitated and exsanguinated at various stages, and livers were removed and analyzed for catalase activity by a mangnometric titration for undecomposed H/sub 2/O/sub 2/. After 600 r no significant reduction in catalase activity occurred until the second day. Following irradiation by 720 and l000 r, the activity in all mice is reduced more than for 600 r, the reduction beginning earlier for 1000 r than for 720 r. (T.R.H.)

Research Organization:
Safarik Univ., Kosice, Czechoslovakia; Inst. of Biophysics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno
NSA Number:
NSA-15-002460
OSTI ID:
4119040
Journal Information:
Folia Biologica (Prague) (Czechoslovakia), Journal Name: Folia Biologica (Prague) (Czechoslovakia) Vol. Vol: 6; ISSN FOBLA
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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