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    Wiad Parazytol. 2004;50(3):495-501.

    Content of saccharides and activity of alpha-glycosidases in Galleria mellonella larvae infected with entomopathogenic nematodes Heterorhabditis zealandica.

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    Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland.

    Abstract

    Concentration of glycogen, maltose, and trehalose as well as the activity of hydrolases catabolising them: alpha-amylases, glucoamylase, maltase, and trehalase were studied during a 48 h infection of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera) instar larvae infected with infective Heterorhabditis zealandica (20 nematodes/insect). The content of trehalose in the infected insects during the first day of infection was higher (p < 0.05) than in the controls. The concentration of maltose and glycogen were similar in both groups despite the fact that the activity of all examined alpha-glycosidases was generally much higher in the infected insects than in the controls.

    PMID:
    16865959
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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