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Tropical Zoology Volume 6, 1993 - Issue 1
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Histological and histochemical characterization of the venom apparatus of Palestine yellow scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1828

N. T. Taib Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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B. M. Jarrar Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
Pages 143-152 | Received 25 Mar 1992, Accepted 19 Oct 1992, Published online: 01 Aug 2012
 
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Abstract

Histological and histochemical investigations were carried out on the venom glands of the Palestine yellow scorpion, Leiurus quinquestriatus Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1828. The results reveal that the venom-producing cells elaborate neutral mucosubstances, sialomucins, protein radicals and metachromatic reactions. The histoenzymological tests employed have detected alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, adenosine triphosphatase, non-specific esterases, succinic dehydrogenase, aminopeptidase and a questionable trace activity of Cholinesterase but no lipase activity.

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