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1 June 2004 Free-Pool Amino Acids in Biomphalaria glabrata Infected with Echinostoma caproni as Determined by Thin-Layer Chromatography
Elizabeth L. Ponder, Bernard Fried, Joseph Sherma
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Abstract

Thin-layer chromatography was used to analyze the free-pool amino acids of the digestive gland–gonad complex (DGG) of Biomphalaria glabrata infected with Echinostoma caproni and uninfected (control) snails. Qualitative analysis revealed the presence of histidine, lysine, serine, alanine, valine, and isoleucine or leucine in all samples. Quantitative analysis of lysine and valine gave mean weight percentages of 0.00699 ± 0.0022 and 0.00174 ± 0.00056, respectively, in the DGG of uninfected snails, and 0.00504 ± 0.0014 and 0.00254 ± 0.00033, respectively, in the DGG of infected snails. The differences in values between infected and uninfected snails were not statistically significant (Student's t-test, P > 0.05).

Elizabeth L. Ponder, Bernard Fried, and Joseph Sherma "Free-Pool Amino Acids in Biomphalaria glabrata Infected with Echinostoma caproni as Determined by Thin-Layer Chromatography," Journal of Parasitology 90(3), 665-666, (1 June 2004). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-218R1
Published: 1 June 2004
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