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Science 27 May 1966:
Vol. 152. no. 3726, pp. 1241 - 1242
DOI: 10.1126/science.152.3726.1241
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N-Acetylhistidine Isolated from Frog Heart

Yoshio Kuroda 1 and Tatsuo Ikoma 1

1 Kyuden Institute of Health, Kyuden Hospital, Kashii Fukuoka, Japan

A diazo-positive comitpound was found in an extract of frog heart. This substance showed a negative ninhydrin reaction and had on a paper chromatogram developed with a phenol-hydrochloric acid solvent system a higher RF than carnosine. The substance, isolated by chrolnatography, was identified as N-acetyl-L-histidine.

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