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Superoxide dismutase activity in nematodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

M. Sanchez-Moreno ,
P. Leon ,
M. A. Garcia-Ruiz  and
M. Monteoliva
M. Sanchez-Moreno
Affiliation:
Sección de Bioquímica, Instituto “López-Neyra” de Parasitología, C.S.I.C., C/Ventanilla 11, Granada 18001, Spain
P. Leon
Affiliation:
Sección de Bioquímica, Instituto “López-Neyra” de Parasitología, C.S.I.C., C/Ventanilla 11, Granada 18001, Spain
M. A. Garcia-Ruiz
Affiliation:
Sección de Bioquímica, Instituto “López-Neyra” de Parasitología, C.S.I.C., C/Ventanilla 11, Granada 18001, Spain
M. Monteoliva
Affiliation:
Sección de Bioquímica, Instituto “López-Neyra” de Parasitología, C.S.I.C., C/Ventanilla 11, Granada 18001, Spain
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Abstract

The activities of the enzymes superoxide dismutase (E.C.:1.15.1.1) and catalase (E.C: 1.11.1.6) were studied in purified extracts of four nematodes: Ascaris suum, Toxascaris leonina, Toxocara canis and T. cati adult males and females. No catalase activity was found in any of the extracts. The results reveal that the SOD activities of the four parasites presented species differences and also sexual differences within each species. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis pattern analysis confirmed that the mobilities, widths and band intensities varied according to the species and sex of the parasite from which the enzyme was obtained.

Keywords

Ascaris suumToxascaris leoninaToxocara canisToxocara catisuperoxide dismutaseelectrophoresisenzymescatalase
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , September 1987 , pp. 229 - 232
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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