Abstract
The Production of Methyl Mercaptan by Fecal Bacteria Grown on a Peptone Medium
Highlights
It is surprising that almost no systematic study has been devoted to methyl mercaptan, a common product of the putrefactive cleavage of proteid, in its relation to intestinal putrefaction
1who discovered this substance among the products of putrefaction, obtained a small amount of it from a large quantity of human feces, and reached the conclusion that it is a usual product of intestinal putrefaction
Working with smaller quantities of material than were employed by Nencki, I have never been able to obtain more than a trace of mercaptan, and have usually been able to obtain no evidence whatever of its presence in fresh human material, whether from presumably normal persons or from such aswere suffering from intestinal disturbance
Summary
It is surprising that almost no systematic study has been devoted to methyl mercaptan, a common product of the putrefactive cleavage of proteid, in its relation to intestinal putrefaction. 1who discovered this substance among the products of putrefaction, obtained a small amount of it from a large quantity of human feces, and reached the conclusion that it is a usual product of intestinal putrefaction.
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