Variation of transaminases and lactate dehydrogenase in irradiated Biomphalaria alexandrina snails.
Effect of ultraviolet and gamma radiations on the activities of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LD) in Biomphalaria alexandrina snails, the specific intermediate host of schistosomiasis, was investigated. Changes in the electrophoretic pattern of LD in the species under study were also taken as a measured parameter and the effect of gamma-irradiation on the glutathione content in the haemolymph of the snails have been included.
Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
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D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004586:Electrophoresis; D005720:Gamma Rays; D005978:Glutathione / Q000032:analysis; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D005978:Glutathione