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Referee's report by Neil Kensington Adam, on a paper 'The biological activity of phenolic compounds. The effect of surface active substances upon the penetration of hexyl resorcinol into Ascaris lumbricoides var. suis' by A E Alexander and A R Trim

Reference number: RR/68/418

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests publication in Proceedings B, with an abstact in Proceedings A. Requests the usual three copies of the summary from the authors, as there is no summary at present.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

No received date.

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RR/68/418
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1944
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Neil Kensington Adam, Referee's report by Neil Kensington Adam, on a paper 'The biological activity of phenolic compounds. The effect of surface active substances upon the penetration of hexyl resorcinol into Ascaris lumbricoides var. suis' by A E Alexander and A R Trim, 1944, RR/68/418, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_418/referees-report-by-neil-kensington-adam-on-a-paper-the-biological-activity-of-phenolic-compounds-the-effect-of-surface-active-substances-upon-the-penetration-of-hexyl-resorcinol-into-ascaris-lumbricoides-var-suis-by-a-e-alexander-and-a-r-trim, accessed on 13 December 2025

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