TABLE IV
AMYLASE -CONTENT" OF TISSUES AND ORGANS IN VARIOUS ANIMALS
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Animal
Rat
Mouse
Guinea pig
Dog
Chicken
Serum
2730
3640
2210
490
830
Lung
760
1790
910
250
320
Spleen
570
830
320
108
131
Heart
500
800
310
121
198
Kidney
870
900
880
204
271
Muscle
190
1140
970
102
36
Liver
1820
1910
1340
227
383
Brain
82
100
81
33
35
Duodenum
63600
15000
3750
2190
2300
Perirenal
fat
1310
—
182
114
—
Colon
3500
1990
550
356
—
Pancreas
2,750,000
2,110,000
280,000
496,000
1,420,000
1
>
8
§
C/3
° Expressed in Somogyi units per 100 mg. tissue or 100 ml. fluid.
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According to McGeachm et at. (44)·
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