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Presence of cholesterol in the neutral lipids of three sheep cestodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

S. C. Nigam  and
G. Premvati
S. C. Nigam
Affiliation:
Department of zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (U.P.) 226 007, India
G. Premvati
Affiliation:
Department of zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (U.P.) 226 007, India
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Abstract

The adult worms of Stilesia globipunctata, Avitellina centripunctata and Moniezia expansa with immature, mature and gravid proglottids and having almost the same length were collected simultaneously from the sheep intestine. Neutral lipid concentration is about 2.2, 1.24 and 18.4% of the dried worm tissue respectively. Cholesterol is 87.8, 85.7 and 88.0% of the unsaponifiable material respectively.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , September 1980 , pp. 215 - 218
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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