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THE fundamental mechanisms by which poison gases produce their effects, involving as they do the action of chemical substances on living tissues, are prinftrily a matter for investigation by the biochemist, For some time past the belief has been growylg that many, if not most, poisons act by attacking one or more of the essential intracellular enzymes, thus producing what Peters has termed a ‘biochemical lesion’; the actual damage observed is a consequence of the resulting metabolic disturbances.
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DIXON, M., NEEDHAM, D. Biochemical Research on Chemical Warfare Agents. Nature 158, 432–438 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158432a0
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