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The Harding Sugar Reagent

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THE Harding1,2 sugar reagent has recently been criticised by Van der Plank3, who failed to reproduce Harding and Downs'2 factor for glucose.

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  1. Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., Section v, 26, 33 (1932).

  2. J. Biol. Chem., 101, 487 (1933).

  3. Biochem. J., 30, 458 (1936).

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KING, E., HASLEWOOD, G. & GRANT, G. The Harding Sugar Reagent. Nature 137, 872 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137872a0

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