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New Aspects of the Action of Methylthiouracil

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G. MANSFELD demonstrated1 that in the serum of overheated animals a substance, thermothyrine A, is present which, injected into normal animals, decreases oxygen consumption. Serum of thyroidectomized animals has no effect.

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  1. Mansfeld, G., "Die Hormone der Schilddrüse und ihre Wirkungen" (B. Schwabe and Co., Basel, 1943).

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BERDE, B. New Aspects of the Action of Methylthiouracil. Nature 159, 748–749 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159748b0

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