TABLE III
THE DISTRIBUTION OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS IN SOME INVERTEBRATE NERVE TISSUE«
Species
Systematic name
Loligo pealli
Limulus sp.
Libinia sp.
Apis mellifera
Common name
Atlantic squid
King crab
Spider crab
Honeybee
Tissue
Pallial nerve
Stellar nerve (whole)
Stellar nerve axoplasm
Central ganglia
Circumesophageal ring
Ventral nerve cord
Ventral nerve cord
Central nerve system
Total
phospholipid
0.98
0.33
0.18
3.21
1.36
0.99
0.75
17.0
Cephalin
Lecithin
0.28
0.42
*- 0.06 -*
<- 0.15 -►
1.64
1.17
0.22
0.61
0.18
0.42
0.15
0.34
12.0
2.0
Sph
ingomyelin
0.28
0.07
0.03
0.40
0.51
0.45
0.26
1.5
Reference
(m
(m
(.m
(m
(38)
(58)
(38)
(43)
pi
Ü
Ü
O
hi
§
hi
X
O
6
s
1
All values given as percentage of wet weight except those for Apis mellifera which are given as percentage dry weight.
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