PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - CLARA TORDA TI - THE EFFECT OF CHLOROFORM AND ETHER ON THE ACTIVITY OF CHOLINE ESTERASE DP - 1943 Jan 01 TA - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics PG - 50--53 VI - 77 IP - 1 4099 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/77/1/50.short 4100 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/77/1/50.full SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1943 Jan 01; 77 AB - 1. Both chloroform and ether inhibit the in vitro action of choline esterase. 2. Chloroform is about 40 times as effective as ether.