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Physiological studies on trematodes—Fasciola gigantica carbohydrate metabolism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Madan M. Goil
Madan M. Goil
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Bareilly College, Bareilly, U.P., India
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1. Studies have been made of carbohydrate metabolism in Fasciola gigantica during starvation and these are compared with data available about carbohydrate metabolism in F. hepatica.

2. In F. gigantica the glycogen content before starvation was 5·4% of f.w. or 25·35% of D.W. of tissue, and the glycogen content after starvation was 3·5% of F.W. or 16·29% of D.W. of tissue.

3. The medium in which F. gigantica was incubated was analysed for lactic acid as one of the end products of glycogen consumption. The lactic acid given out in a period of 2 hr. was 0·46% of F.W. or 2·18% of D.W. of tissue.

I wish to thank Professor K. Sahai for his generous help in the preparation of this manuscript.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 51 , Issue 3-4 , November 1961 , pp. 335 - 337
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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