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To test the theory that heparin might stimulate acid phosphatase in the bone of young rats, heparin, PTE, or a combination of both were injected. After an appropriate time interval acid phosphatase activity of bone of treated animals was compared with controls. It was found that heparin enhanced the FIE stimulated acid phosphatase activity of both calvaria and metaphysis but not diaphysis. The possible relation of these facts to the presence of lysosomes in osteoclasts was discussed.
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