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Journal of Experimental Biology 35,639-648 (1958)
Published by Company of Biologists 1958

A Survey of the Enzymes from the Gastro-Intestinal Tract of Helix Pomatia

FAY L. MYERS 1 and D. H. NORTHCOTE 2

1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
2 Department of Biochemistry ,University of Cambridge

1. The digestive tract of the snail has been isolated and a soluble extract prepared from it and its contents. A quantitative analysis of the proteinases, lipases and twenty different carbohydrase activities present in this extract has been made.

2. Snail galactan was not degraded by the enzymic preparation.

3. The use of the preparation for cytological studies has been discussed.

Revised on March 19, 1958






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