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Avidity of the Water-soluble Components of Herbage for Added Cupric Ions

Nature volume 177, pages 793–794 (1956)Cite this article

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DURING work to investigate the availability of organic complexes of copper to the copper-deficient rat, it was found possible to demonstrate the existence of stable copper complexes formed by adding copper-64 ions to the water-soluble components of herbage.

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    C. F. MILLS & GRACE MURRAY

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MILLS, C., MURRAY, G. Avidity of the Water-soluble Components of Herbage for Added Cupric Ions. Nature 177, 793–794 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177793a0

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