Carbohydrate digestion in sandflies: α-glucosidase activity in the midgut of Phlebotomus langeroni

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Dillon, R J ^a   El Kordy, E ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

insect digestion; midgut; Phlebotomus langeroni; glucosidase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INSECT; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS LANGERONI;

EID: 0030893919     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00195-2     Document Type: Article

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