Physiological studies on trematodes—Fasciola giganticacarbohydrate metabolism

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1. Studies have been made of carbohydrate metabolism inFasciola giganticaduring starvation and these are compared with data available about carbohydrate metabolism inF. hepatica.2. InF. giganticathe glycogen content before starvation was 5·4% of f.w. or 25·35% of D.W. of tissue, and the glycogen content after starvation was 3·5% of F.W. or 16·29% of D.W. of tissue.3. The medium in whichF. giganticawas incubated was analysed for lactic acid as one of the end products of glycogen consumption. The lactic acid given out in a period of 2 hr. was 0·46% of F.W. or 2·18% of D.W. of tissue.I wish to thank Professor K. Sahai for his generous help in the preparation of this manuscript.

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