title: Enzymatic equipment of the nasal mucosa in the developing human nasal cavity.
abstract: The activities of some enzymes were described in the developing human nasal cavity in relatively early stages. In cryostat sections of the 8-14-week-old fetuses processed by standard Lojda methods, activities of the following enzymes were found in the respiratory and olfactory regions: ALP, ACP, ATP, TPP, alpha-GPDH, G6PDH, SDH and ANE. The positive reaction for DPP IV failed to be proved in this localization, it was not detected even in the capillary bed of the nasal cavity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical Faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pospísilová
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lichnovský
mesh_terms: D005333:Fetus / Q000201:enzymology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000196:embryology* / Q000201:enzymology*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010088:Oxidoreductases; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases