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The experiments of Rowntree and associates have been repeated as accurately as possible but their results could not be confirmed. Not a single case of sarcoma was observed in 2 groups of 10 rats after administration of ether extracts of wheat germs in large quantities over a long period (5 times as long as is necessary according to Rowntree). Two groups of 10 rats treated with wheat germ extracts made in other ways and one group of 10 rats treated with crude press oil from wheat germs also failed to develop sarcoma.
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