Important nutrient sources and carbohydrate metabolism patterns in the growth and development of spargana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sparganosis is a worldwide food-borne parasitic disease caused by spargana infection, which infects the muscle of frogs and snakes as well as many tissues and organs in humans. There are currently no viable treatments for sparganosis. Understanding spargana's nutrition source and carbohydrate metabolism may be crucial for identifying its energy supply and establishing methods of treatment for sparganosis.

Methods

Using an amino acid analyzer and nutrient concentration detection kits, we assessed nutrient concentrations in the muscles of Fejervarya limnocharis and Pelophylax plancyi infected or not infected with spargana. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to quantify the major enzymes involved in five glucose metabolism pathways of spargana deve

SUBMITTER: Liang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873960 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature