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HUMAN alkaline phosphatase of intestine but not of liver, bile, bone, lung, kidney and spleen is almost completely (78 per cent) inhibited by L-phenylalanine and is not so affected by D-phenylalanine.
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FISHMAN, W., GREEN, S. & INGLIS, N. L-Phenylalanine : an Organ Specific, Stereo-specific Inhibitor of Human Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase. Nature 198, 685–686 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198685b0
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