Searching for external sources of the riboflavin stored in earthworm eleocytes
Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is essential to maintain immune potency in animals and plants. So far is accepted that animals cannot synthesise riboflavin; they rely on plant-sourced diets and intestinal bacteria for their supplies. A unique feature of earthworm ‘hepatocyte-like’ chloragocytes and chlorago...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Invertebrate Survival Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.isj.unimo.it/articoli/ISJ274.pdf |