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The prolonged survival period of infant rats, despite inhibition of the cytochrome-oxidase system with sodium cyanide, demonstrates the function of an anaerobic source of energy. The rapid death after the injection of iodoacetic acid and exposure to an atmosphere of nitrogen suggests the anaerobic conversion of carbohydrate to lactic acid as the source of this energy.
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