Effects of diet and larval trematode parasitism on lutein and β-carotene concentrations in planorbid snails as determined by quantitative high performance reversed phase thin layer chromatography

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-186

  Evans, Ryan T ^a   Fried, Bernard ^a   Sherma, Joseph ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria glabrata; Diet; Echinostoma caproni; Echinostoma trivolvis; Helisoma trivolvis; Lutein; Thin layer chromatography; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECHINOSTOMA; EGG YOLK; HELISOMA TRIVOLVIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; TREMATODIASIS;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; ECHINOSTOMA CAPRONI; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS; GASTROPODA; HELISOMA TRIVOLVIS; LACTUCA; PLANORBIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 1342321753     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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