Lytocestus indicus

The amino acids occurring in a number of other adult and larval cestodes have been documented and recent data are available for Parionella spp., Skrjabinia spp., Raillietina spp. (77, 346), Bothriocephalus scorpii and Nybelinia spp. (977) Taenia hydatigena (636) Diphyllobothrium spp. (236,271,275) Amoebotaenia cuneata (78) Ligula intestinalis (164) E. granulosus (29) Gangesia spp. (587) Lytocestus indicus, Introvertus raipurensis and Lucknowia indica (598). Some earlier data have been provided by Smyth (796) and von Brand (911). 

Transaminases have been demonstrated in Hymenolepis spp., Anoplo-cephala magna, Raillietina cesticillus, T. taeniaeformis, M. expansa and Lytocestus indicus (39,669,796). Some 17 amino acids failed to act as amino acid donors in transamination reactions with Hymenolepis (796) and it appears that, compared with vertebrates, cestodes may have an extremely limited capacity for performing transaminations. This may reflect the fact that cestodes live in an environment rich in amino acids, in which case synthesis may play only a minor role in satisfying essential amino acid requirements. 

Cytochemical studies which throw some light on sperm metabolism are those on Acanthobothriumfilicolle (564), Avitellina lahorea (209), Duthiersiafimbriata (769), Diphyllobothrium latum (796), Echeneibothrium beauchampi (566), Hymenolepis diminuta (542-560, 704), H. microstoma (134), Lacistorhynchus tenuis (835), Lytocestus indicus (769), Ophyrocotyloides corvorum (851), Phyllobothrium gracile... 

Niyogi, A. Agarwal, S. M. (1983). Free and protein amino acids in Lytocestus indicus, Introvertus raipurensis and Lucknowia indica parasitizing Clavias batrachus (Linn). (Cestoda Caryophyllidae). Japanese Journal of Parasitology, 32 341-5. 

Rasheed, U. (1981). Transaminase activity in Lytocestus indicus and its host. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Parasitology, 2 115-16. 

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