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The Inactivation of Bactericidal and Haemolytic Complement on standing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 May 2009
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Hecht (1923) states that the haemolytic activity of serum complement disappears on standing, but that the activity can be restored by the addition of heated fresh serum. It has also been shown (Gordon and Wormall, 1928; Gordon, 1930;. Gordon and Carter, 1932) that the bactericidal action of serum involves the activity of a complement similar to haemolytic complement and that inactivation of the latter by dilute ammonia and congo red causes, at the same time, inactivation of the bactericidal complement. The experiments now to be described show that the similarity of the two complements is exhibited once again in the effect of long standing on serum.
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