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Butyryl cholinesterase activity in Glossimetra orientalis was studied histochemically with Gomori's method using butyrylthiocholine as substrate. Eserine sulphate (10−5 M) was used as inhibitor for AChE. The study reveals that the enzyme is present mainly in the musculature of the reproductive system, excretory canal, nerve cells and fibers, tegument and subtegumentary cells and suckers. The testes, ovary and parenchyma are completely negative. The functional significance of the enzyme in the various locations have been discussed.
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Sood, P.P. Histoenzymological compartmentation of butyryl cholinesterase in the Glossimetra orientalis Mehra 1937. Z. F. Parasitenkunde 53, 267–272 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00389943
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