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The Pharmacology of Malnutrition Part I. Salicylate Binding Studies Using Normal Serum/Plasma and Kwashiorkor serum


C. Eyberg
G.P. Moodley
N. Buchanan

Abstract

The binding of salicylate to serum 'and plasma has been reinvestigated. At normal pH, binding was saturated at about 40 mg!100 ml of total serum salicylate. In kwashiorkor serum, binding was saturated at approximately 15 mg/l00 ml. The implications of the latter finding are discussed.


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