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Chemical composition and histochemistry ofLobatostoma ringens (Trematoda: Aspidogastrea)

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The results of analyses of the major chemical constituents ofLobatostoma ringens are as follows: water, 71.6% fresh weight; ash, 4.6% dry weight; protein, 64.3% dry weight; glycogen, 4.7% ethanol-extracted dry weight; lipid, 6.4% fresh weight. Histochemical staining revealed glycogen mainly in the parenchyma and musculature, with smaller deposits in the vitelline cells and spermatozoa; neutral lipid was localized in the gastrodermis and excretory system; and the surfaces of the tegument and gastrodermis were reactive for acidic mucopolysaccharides. Protein synthesis was evident in the tegumental cells, gastrodermis, and vitellaria.

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  1. Department of Zoology, The Queen's University, BT7 1NN, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

    D. W. Halton

  2. Department of Biology, Gettysburg College, 17325, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

    S. S. Hendrix

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Halton, D.W., Hendrix, S.S. Chemical composition and histochemistry ofLobatostoma ringens (Trematoda: Aspidogastrea). Z. Parasitenkd. 57, 237–241 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00928037

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