title: Isolation and identification of a cobamide coenzyme from the tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides.
abstract: A light-sensitive vitamin B12 derivative has been extracted from the adult cestode, Spirometra mansonoides. This corrinoid was identified as the cobamide coenzyme, adenosylcobalamin, by its chromatographic, chemical, and spectral properties.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002589:Cestoda / Q000201:enzymology*; D003038:Cobamides / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013032:Sparganum / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D003038:Cobamides