Some Aspects of Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Cercariae of SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI Sambon, 1907

<p>Cercariac of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> were studied for glycogen utilization, uptake of glucose from solution, lactic acid production, and respiration.</p> <p>Using the anthrone method of determination of carbohydrate, the amount of glycogen used by a single cercaria in 4 hours is determined as 43.2 x 10^-4 μg ± 6.6 x 10^-4 μg.</p> <p>Glucose was not observed to have been used from solution under the conditions of the experiment, even in the presence of trehalose. The determinations were made by the Glucostat method.</p> <p>After deproteinization and desugarization, aliquots of supernatant from cercarial suspensions were analyzed for lactic acid using p-phenylphenol and sulfuric acid. The production of significant amounts of lactic acid by the cercariae was not observed.</p> <p>Respiration was measured on a Warburg constant volume respirometer. The amount of oxygen used by a single cercaria in 4 hours is determined as 29.0 x 10 ^-4 μl ± 3.4 x 10^-4 μl. The amount of carbon dioxide produced by a single cercaria in 4 hours is determined as 34.6 x 10 ^-4 μl ± 4.6 x 10 ^-4 μl. A respiratory quotient of 1.9 ± 0.08 was obtained.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Biology

Year

1968

Author dc:creator

• Dunham, A. Eugene, Jr.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ariel A. Roth
• Charles E. Winter
• Kenneth A. Arendt
• Donald M. Brown
• Edward D. Wagner

• Animal Sciences
• Biochemical Phenomena, Metabolism, and Nutrition
• Biology
• Carbohydrates
• Microbiology
• Parasitology
• Carbohydrates -- metabolism Schistosoma mansoni.

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• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

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https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/1461

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-2233