ABSTRACT

Neuromediators, Their Synthesis and Metabolism 1.1. ACETYLCHOLINE 1.1.1. Occurrence of Acetylcholine in Plants Acetylcholine was first discovered, extracted, isolated, and identified by Ewins (1914) in preparations of ergot spur fungus C laviers purpurea. Other investigators were unable to reproduce his results and interpreted them as arising from bacterial confirmation.