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The localization of enzyme activities in the pancreatic appendages of Sepia officinalis L. (Cephalopoda)

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In this study, enzyme activities of the pancreatic appendages of the ductus hepatopancreas (the so-called “Pancreas”) in Sepia officinalis L. have been demonstrated by light and electron microscopical methods: Malate dehydrogenase, monoamine oxidase, acid phosphatase, β-glucuronidase, adenosine triphosphatase and carbonic anhydrase were shown by the former, and monoamine oxidase, catalase, glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, choline esterase (non-specific), alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase and carbonic anhydrase by the latter technique.

The correlation between enzyme activity and distribution, and the presumed function of the two pancreatic epithelia is discussed.

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  1. Institut für Allgemeine und Spezielle Zoologie der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Stephanstraße 24, D-6300, Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. H. Donaubauer & R. Schipp

  2. Station de Biologie Marine, Arcachon, France

    H. H. Donaubauer & R. Schipp

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This study was supported by the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft”

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Donaubauer, H.H., Schipp, R. The localization of enzyme activities in the pancreatic appendages of Sepia officinalis L. (Cephalopoda). Histochemistry 59, 29–44 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00506475

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