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. 1936 May 20;19(5):781–795. doi: 10.1085/jgp.19.5.781

PIGMENTS OF THE RETINA

I. THE BULL FROG

George Wald 1
PMCID: PMC2141467  PMID: 19872962

Abstract

1. The interrelations of visual purple, retinene, and vitamin A in the bull frog retina are analyzed in simple experiments, the results of which are presented in a series of automatically recorded spectra. 2. Observations are reported upon the distributions, properties, and concentrations of xanthophyll, vitamin A, and flavine in the pigmented tissues of the eye.

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