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The function of the intestine in the pulmonate mollusc Helix pomatia L.

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Everted sacs of intestine from Helix pomatia do not actively transfer glucose, galatose, methionine, alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid or proline from the mucosal to serosal surfaces. The principal function of the intestine appears to be the reabsorption of water.

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    Present address: Zoology Department, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord St., M5S 1A1, Toronto, Ont., Canada

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  1. Zoology Department, Reading University, Whiteknights, RG6 2AJ, Reading, Berks, England

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The study was partly financed through a Reading University Research Board Scholarship. I thank Profs A. Graham, K. Simkiss, J. Machin and Dr C. Kyriakides for their advice and criticisms and E. Snowden and J. Counden for technical assistance.

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Forester, A.J. The function of the intestine in the pulmonate mollusc Helix pomatia L.. Experientia 33, 465–467 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922213

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