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Histologically different types of muscle fibres have been observed. The dehydrogenase activity in the muscles of pedipalp, leg and heart has been investigated. The heart and pedipalpal muscle have higher and lower dehydrogenase activity respectively than the leg muscle. The pattern of carbohydrate breakdown seems to be different in the leg muscle due to the interference of lipid metabolism, perhaps because of the differences in the muscle fibre composition of the muscle. As the scropion happens to be the nocturnal animal, there are conspicuous differences in the dehydrogenase activity during day and night times. During night time there seems to be stress on the anaerobic phase of metabolism. In general, increase in dehydrogenase activity during night has been correlated with increased activity of the organism. Hence this shows the existence of diurnal variations in the dehydrogenase activity.
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Venkateswara Rao, P., Govindappa, S. Dehydrogenase activity and its diurnal variations in different muscles of the scorpion,Heterometrus fulvipes . Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 66, 243–249 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052100
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