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Slow oxidative skeletal muscles of rats and hamsters exhibit significantly greater catalase activity than fast oxidative muscles. Furthermore, regions of a single muscle may vary significantly.
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Jenkins, R.R. Catalase activity in skeletal muscle of varying fibre types. Experientia 37, 67–68 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965573
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