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Diffusion of Copper in the Animal Kingdom

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JE lis dans la NATURE, vol. xxi. p. 305, un article intitulé “Diffusion of Copper in the Animal Kingdom.” se terminant par ces mots: it is to be hoped that more extended observations will inform us of the exact nature of the rôle played by cupric compounds in the animal economy. Je crois pouvoir satisfaire en partie au moins à ce vœu. Dans plusieurs communications insérées dans les publications des Académies des Sciences de Paris et de Bruxelles (1878 et 1879), j'ai montré que chez certains mollusques céphalopodes et gastéropodes et chez les crustacés décapodes, le cuivre joue dans le sang le même rôle physiologique que le fer dans notre sang.

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FREDERICQ, L. Diffusion of Copper in the Animal Kingdom. Nature 21, 370 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021370b0

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