title: Effect of prolonged administration of sublethal concentrations of aridanin isolated from Tetrapleura tetraptera and bayluscide on the glycogen and protein content of Biomphalaria glabrata.
abstract: The effect of chronic application of sublethal concentrations of aridanin isolated from Tetrapleura tetraptera (0.25-0.125 ppm) and of bayluscide (0.05-0.025 ppm) on the glycogen and protein content of Biomphalaria glabrata was determined. Aridanin and bayluscide produced significant reductions in the glycogen content of B. glabrata, but a significant decrease in the protein content of the snails was not apparent until after 4 weeks of continuous exposure. The results indicate that the molluscicides may exert their primary molluscicidal action on the carbohydrate metabolism of the snail.
authors.affiliation: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg, F.R.G.
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Adewunmi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dörfler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D008975:Molluscacides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009534:Niclosamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012502:Sapogenins / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D008975:Molluscacides; D010936:Plant Extracts; D011506:Proteins; D012502:Sapogenins; D009828:Oleanolic Acid; C058029:aridanin; D009534:Niclosamide; D006003:Glycogen