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A preferential uptake of cholesterol by the brain tissue of the housefly,Musca domestica L.

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Cholesterol is taken up by the brain tissue of larvae ofMusca domestica in preference to β-sitosterol. The uptake reaches a maximum value when both sterols are available to the insect each as 0.01% of the diet.

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  1. A. R. C. Unit of Invertebrate Chemistry and Physiology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, CB2 3EJ, Cambridge, England

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Acknowledgments. The author thanks R. G. Bridges, A. R. C. Unit, Department of Zoology, Cambridge, for his valuable suggestions

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Dwivedy, A.K. A preferential uptake of cholesterol by the brain tissue of the housefly,Musca domestica L.. Experientia 39, 272–273 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01955299

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