CHLOROACYL ESTERS AS HISTOCHEMICAL SUBSTRATES
G. GOMORI M.D.1
1 Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
-Chloroacyl esters of
-naphthol and of naphthol AS are hydrolyzed by mast cells and myeloid elements at a much faster rate than the corresponding regular acyl esters. The enzyme responsible for their hydrolysis is not a cholinesterase.
Submitted on July 22, 1953