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Paper Chromatography of Keto-Acids

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BLOOD pyruvic acid estimations were being made in this laboratory, and it was important to test the specificity of the method employed. The acid was extracted as the hydrazone by the method of Friedemann and Haugen1 (using toluene for the extraction) and the hydrazones chromatographed under the conditions which Altmann et al.2 had found successful.

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TURNOCK, D. Paper Chromatography of Keto-Acids. Nature 172, 355–356 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172355b0

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