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LESSER1, working on Lumbricus agricola and Allolobophora foetida, Ackermann and Kutscher2 on extracts of tissues of earthworms, Delaunay3 on excreta of earthworms, Heidermanns4 on tissues of Lumbricus, Bahl5 on excreta of Pheretima, Abdel Fattah5 on tissue homogenate of Lumbricus, were all unable to detect the presence of even traces of uric acid in these worms. Only Cohen and Lewis7 found that the non-protein nitrogen excreted by Lumbricus terrestris was mainly in the form of ammonia together with small traces of both urea and uric acid.
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HAGGAG, G., EL-DUWEINI, A. Detection of Uric Acid in the Tissue Homogenates of Earthworms. Nature 181, 191–192 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181191b0
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