Abstract:Early attempts to confirm the presence of pentose in urine from dystrophic patients by paper chromatography were unsuccessful. We were unable to confirm these observations, employing the same methods used in the original publication. An attempt to isolate pentosazone from the urine of dystrophic patients yielded 1-phenylsemicarbazide. No significant excretion of labile organic phosphate was found in urine from either vitamin E-deficient rabbits or cholinedeficient rabbits.
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