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A STUDY of two species of blowfly, Calliphora erythrocephala and Lucilia sericata, has shown that a rapid synthesis of an acetylcholine-like substance can take place in extracts prepared from these insects. This synthesis, which occurs in the absence of additional substrate, may account for some of the high concentrations of acetylcholine which have been previously reported in insects1–3.
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LEWIS, S. Acetylcholine in Blowflies. Nature 172, 1004–1005 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/1721004b0
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