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Effects of patent Echinostoma caproni infection on the sterol composition of the digestive gland-gonad complex of Biomphalaria glabrata as determined by gas-liquid chromatography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

P. H. Shetty ,
B. Fried  and
J. Sherma
P. H. Shetty
Affiliation:
Department of ChemistryLafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
B. Fried*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
J. Sherma
Affiliation:
Department of ChemistryLafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, USA
*
† To whom all correspondence should be sent.
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Abstract

Sterols in the digestive gland-gonad (DGG) complex of Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda) infected with patent larval stages of Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda) versus uninfected control snails were studied by gas-liquid chromatography. The major sterol present in both populations was cholesterol, 59% in the infected snails and 51% in the controls. Infected snails contained the same phytosterols as the controls—desmosterol, campesterol, stigmasterol, and beta-sitosterol–but the percent composition was reduced. The reduction was significant for both campesterol and stigmasterol.

Keywords

TrematodaEchinostoma caproniGastropodaBiomphalaria glabratadigestive gland-gonad complexintramolluscan larval stagessterolsgas-liquidchromatography
Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 68 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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