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Mechanism of the Reduction of Tetrazolium Salts

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INVESTIGATIONS undertaken since our previous publication1 seem to permit of the following additional statements on the reduction and photochemical properties, respectively, of tetrazolium salts used as dehydrogenase indicators.

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JÁMBOR, B. Mechanism of the Reduction of Tetrazolium Salts. Nature 176, 603 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176603a0

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