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Application of the Dische Diphenylamine Reaction to Pyrimidine Deoxynucleosides

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THE Dische diphenylamine reaction1, which is specific for 2-deoxysugars2, is not suitable for the estimation of pyrimidine deoxynucleosides3,4 because of the incompleteness of colour development.

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    T. G. BRADY & E. McEVOY-BOWE

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BRADY, T., McEVOY-BOWE, E. Application of the Dische Diphenylamine Reaction to Pyrimidine Deoxynucleosides. Nature 168, 299–300 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168299a0

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