Comparative Biochemistry of Parasitic Helminths

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

When Professor John Sprent first suggested, in 1982, that the Australian Society for Parasitology should bid for the opportunity to mount the Sixth International Congress of Parasitology, the immediate reaction was one of disbelief.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-10-03
Mått:155 x 235 x 11 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:180
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789401068611

Utforska kategorier

Biologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

1 Ascris suum: a useful model for anerobic mitochondrial metabolism and the transition in aerobic-anaerobic developing parasitic helminths.- 2 The role of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT: serotonin) in glucose transport, intermediary carbohydrate metabolism and helminth neurobiology.- 3 What are the functions of the catecholamines and 5-hydroxytryptamine in the parasitic nematodes?.- 4 The physiological significance of Complex II (succinate-ubiquinone reductase) in respiratory adaptation.- 5 Oxygen and the lower Metazoa.- 6 How do parasitic helminths use and survive oxygen and oxygen metabolites?.- 7 Carbohydrate and energy metabolism in adult schistosomes: a reappraisal.- 8 Using carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy to study helminth metabolism.- 9 Detoxification reactions in parasitic helminths.- 10 Parasite transport and inactivation functions involved in antiparasitic efficacy.- 11 The molecular biology of drug resistance in parasitic helminths.- 12 Comparative biochemistry of parasites and its role in drug resistance—an investigation of species differences in tubulin.- 13 Systemic effects of helminth infections as revealed by serum LDH isozymes and kinetic parameters of transport (Vmax and K1) of the host tissue.- Helminth index.