Parasitologia hungarica

Author(s): Matskási, I. & Hajdú, É.
Title: Studies on the lipase activity of parasitic Platyhelminthes
Title: Élősködő laposférgek lipáz aktivitása
Year: 1983
Volume: 16
Pages: 53-57.

Abstract: Both the somatic extract and the maintenance medium of the liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) possess lipase activity. The liver fluke does not enter into interrelation with pancreatic lipase of the host. Enzyme-histochemical reactions proved that lipase activity was localized primarily in the epithelial cells of the intestine, although a weaker positivity was demonstrated also in the tegument. Tapeworms are able to decompose the lipids present in their environment, which property can be attributed to their lipase activity. The species studied failed to inhibit the activity of mammalian pancreatic lipase present in their environment. Enzyme-histochemical studies revealed the presence of lipase activity both in the tegument and the subtegument.
Keywords: lipase activity, enzyme-histochemical reactions, Fasciola hepatica, Ligula intestinalis, plerocercoids, Mesocestoides corti, tetrathyridium larvae

Journal: Parasitologia Hungarica
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ISSN: 0303-688X
Publisher: Népművelési Propaganda Iroda, Budapest
Editor(s): K. Murai, É., Thoma, A. & Nemes, I.