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Fig. 15

From: Integrated morphological, molecular, histological, and antimicrobial analysis of the leather leaf slug Eleutherocaulis alte from Assiut Governorate, Egypt

Fig. 15

Photomicrograph T.S. of Eleutherocaulis alte showing the suprapedal gland stained with: (A) and (B) PAS showing the highly positive reaction of type II only. (C-E) and (F-H) Combined PAS & Alcian blue and toluidine blue, respectively, showing that type I secretes neutral mucopolysaccharides (orthochromatic) and type II are mixed glands that secrete acid mucopolysaccharides (metachromatic). (I-K) The bromophenol blue showed that the protein secretion was restricted to type I of the gland.

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