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Journal of Nutrition Vol. 75 No. 3 November 1961, pp. 303-308
Copyright © 1961 by American Society for Nutrition
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A Mechanism for the Copper-Molybdenum Interrelationship

III. Rejection by the Rat of Molybdate-Containing Diets1

Kenneth J. Monty and Ellen M. Click

McCollum-Pratt Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Rats evince the ability to develop a sensory recognition of the presence of molybdenum in the diet, and to make use of this ability in the efficient rejection of diets containing toxic levels of that metal. The sensory factor relied upon appears to result from the interaction of molybdate with other dietary constituents. Factors operative in the development of discrimination against molybdenum are delineated and discussed.

1 Contribution no. 344 from the McCollum-Pratt Institute. Supported in part by a contract with the Division of Biology and Medicine, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Manuscript received 29 June 1961.




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