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Possible Hepatic Function for Crustacean Blood Cells

Nature volume 230, pages 471–472 (1971)Cite this article

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CRUSTACEAN blood is generally considered to function as a transport medium for low molecular weight metabolites. Conversely, the hepatopancreas has been regarded as a liver analogue—the principal site for the storage and metabolism of fats and carbohydrates1. It now seems likely that the blood tissue is as important as the hepatopancreas for the storage and metabolism of polysaccharides.

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  1. MICHAEL A. JOHNSTON

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, W2, Scotland

    MICHAEL A. JOHNSTON & P. SPENCER DAVIES

  2. Institute of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, W2, Scotland

    HUGH Y. ELDER

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JOHNSTON, M., DAVIES, P. & ELDER, H. Possible Hepatic Function for Crustacean Blood Cells. Nature 230, 471–472 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230471a0

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