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Changes in the free amino acid pattern of haemolymph of the common indian scorpionPalamnaeus bengalensis during moulting

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Haemolymph ofPalamnaeus bengalensis contains normally 12 and during moulting up to 15 free amino acids, being in maximal number at the end of ecdysis. Aminoacidaemia is most pronounced during the pharate stage. Tyrosine appeared for tanning of the cuticle. Taurine and methionine were not present.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, 226007, Lucknow, India

    R. Kumar

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Acknowledgment. The author is thankful to Dr.S. C. Shrivastava for valuable guidance and State C.S.I.R. (U.P.) for funds.

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Kumar, R. Changes in the free amino acid pattern of haemolymph of the common indian scorpionPalamnaeus bengalensis during moulting. Experientia 32, 880–881 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02003743

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