Purkinje identified the fluid substance of the cell and named it as:
A. Nucleolus
B. Cytoplasm
C. Protoplasm
D. Nucleoplasm

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Solution

J. E Purkinje in 1839 coined the term protoplasm for the fluid substance of the cell, first discovered by him in animal embryo.
So, the correct option is 'Protoplasm'

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