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THE RATE OF DECLINE OF MILK SECRETION WITH THE ADVANCE OF THE PERIOD OF LACTATION

It is shown that the course of decline of milk secretion with the advance of the period of lactation may be expressed by the equation of a monomolecular chemical reaction; that is, the percentage decline of milk secretion with the advance of the stage of lactation is constant. This substantiates the...

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Autores principales: Brody, Samuel, Ragsdale, Arthur C., Turner, Charles W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1923
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2140574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19872010
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Sumario:It is shown that the course of decline of milk secretion with the advance of the period of lactation may be expressed by the equation of a monomolecular chemical reaction; that is, the percentage decline of milk secretion with the advance of the stage of lactation is constant. This substantiates the idea that milk secretion is limited by a chemical reaction, and, in general, brings lactation into the class of processes the speed of which is determined by the concentration of a limiting substance.