Thin layer chromatographic analysis of glucose and maltose in estivated Biomphalaria glabrata snails and those infected with Schistosoma mansoni

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 346-349

  Jarusiewicz, Jamie A ^a   Sherma, Joseph ^a   Fried, Bernard ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria glabrata; Densitometry; Estivation; Glucose; Maltose; Schistosoma mansoni; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHOL; ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; METHANOL; SILICA GEL; SULFURIC ACID; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXOCRINE GLAND; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GONAD; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SNAIL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33845206631     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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