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Science 8 January 1965:
Vol. 147. no. 3654, pp. 166 - 167
DOI: 10.1126/science.147.3654.166
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Glutathione as an Inducer of Feeding in Ticks

Rachel Galun 1 and S. H. Kindler 1

1 Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel

Ticks engorged solutions containing reduced glutathione as readily as blood, provided that the tonicity of the solutions was adjusted to that of plasma. Among substances tested this effect was specific for the tripeptide. Glutamic acid inhibited the feeding response.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)