The rate of production of CO2 from sodium lactate when treated with H2O2 may be increased by the addition of a compound containing a sulfhydryl group, i.e. cystine.

A small part of this increase in rate of CO2 is due to the action of the amino group as shown by the action of glycocoll.

The results tend to show that the mode of action of H2O2 is one of dehydrogenation and that the action of the cystine is comparable to the Atmungskörper of Meyerhof.

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Copyright, 1924, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
1924
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