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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The Distribution of Ascorbic Acud in the Tissues of Insects

MF Day

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 2(1) 19 - 30
Published: 1949

Abstract

Ascorbic acid has been detected histologically in many, but not in all tissues of insects. It is particularly abundant in the midgut epithelium and nervous tissue, and is usually confined to the cytoplasm. In two insta:n~es nucleoli have given a' positive reaction for ascorbic acid.

https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9490019

© CSIRO 1949

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