has demonstrated that cells isolated from mouse liver possess an endogenous respiration, accumulate acetoacetate and oxidize a variety of added substances when the cells are suspended in a favourable medium. The present work on rat-liver cell suspensions attempts to define some properties and limitations of this preparation and to test the validity of the hypothesis that a citric acid cycle operates in the isolated cells.
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J H Exton (1964) studied this question.