Abstract
1.1. Alanine, arginine, aspartic and glutamic acids were the principal free amino acids identified in the cephalothoracic nerve mass of the scorpion Heterometrus swammerdami.2.2. On warm adaptation all the four free amino acids increased and on cold adaptation decreased in quantity.3.3. While the protein content increased with warm adaptation, a quantitative decrease was found on cold adaptation.4.4. Biochemical similarity of the cephalothoracic nerve mass of scorpion has been discussed with the central nervous system of insects.
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