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AN outstanding feature of the eccrine sweat glands in the paw of the dog is that pseudo-cholinesterase is abundant in their secretory cells1–3. During an earlier investigation3 it was noticed that the inside of the lumen of the sweat ducts in the toe-pads of the dog often gave histochemical reaction for pseudo-cholinesterase. This finding led us to assume that the cholinesterase in the gland cells might be discharged into sweat. The work reported here provides evidence in favour of this assumption.
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AOKI, T. Evidence for the Discharge of Cholinesterase into Canine Eccrine Sweat. Nature 211, 886–887 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211886a0
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