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The plerocercoids ofLigula intestinalis are unable to oxidize exogenous (U−14C) palmitic acid, although labelled palmitate is readily taken up and encorporated into both the neutral and phospholipid fractions. Of the β-oxidation enzymes, acyl-CoA synthetase (long and short chain), acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, and acetyl-CoA acyltransferase were present in the plerocercoids ofL. intestinalis, whilst enoyl-CoA hydratase and 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase could not be demonstrated. There is now a growing body of evidence that an active β-oxidation sequence does not occur in either adult or larval cestodes.
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Körting, W., Barrett, J. Studies on beta-oxidation in the plerocercoids ofLigula intestinalis (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea). Z. Parasitenkd. 57, 243–246 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00928038
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