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Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology and Cognate Medical Sciences 28.3 pp 243-251
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ACETYLCHOLINE FORMATION BY TISSUES

B. B. Dikshit 1

1 Haffkine Institute, Bombay

(1) A.Ch. formation by different tissues was studied by suspending them in warm eserinised Locke's solution and oxygenating for 5 hours.

(2) Brain cortex, basal ganglia, spinal cord, sympathetic ganglia, auricle, urinary bladder, gastro-intestinal tract, and pancreas were found to possess the property of forming A.Ch.

(3) All parts of the gastro-intestinal tract could form A.Ch., but the small intestines formed the ester in larger quantities.

(4) A.Ch. formation by the small intestines was studied further, and it was found that the nerve plexuses were chiefly responsible for the ester formation.

(5) The possibility that A.Ch. formation is a specialised function of the nerve cell is briefly discussed.

My grateful thanks are due to Prof. A.J. Clark for helpful suggestions, criticism, and advice, and to the Director, Haffkine Institute, for providing funds and facilities to carry out this work.

Submitted on July 28, 1938






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