title: In vitro effects of mebendazole on the carbohydrate metabolism of Avitellina lahorea (Cestoda).
abstract: Mebendazole (3.3 mumol), causes in vitro glycogen depletion and inhibits glucose uptake in Avitellina lahorea. Inhibition of non-specific phosphomonoesterases and adenosine triphosphatase by mebendazole discussed in the light of the role of phosphatases in uptake mechanisms. Mebendazole has no effect on hexokinase which has broad substrate specificity but influences the activities of some glycolytic enzymes such as phosphorylase, phosphoglucomutase and glucose-6-phosphatase. Thus, it appears that mebendazole also acts to disrupt certain enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism which may ultimately cause death of the parasite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Nizami
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D008463:Mebendazole; D006003:Glycogen; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D005947:Glucose