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IN the fœtal liver of mammals there is little or no activity of the following enzymatic systems : glucose-6-phosphatase1, uridine diphosphoglucose dehydrogenase, and glucuronyltransferase2, phenylalanine transaminase, tyrosine transaminase and phenylalanine hydroxylase3. Hence these enzymes reach the normal levels of activity during the first period of extra-uterine life, and for some of them it seems that this process is regulated or accelerated by the adrenocortical hormones.
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AURICCHIO, S., QUAGLIARIELLO, E. & RUBINO, A. Interrelation of Tryptophan and Nicotinic Acid in Man during the First Month of Life. Nature 186, 639–640 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186639a0
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