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[Fatty acid makeup of the cestodes, Eubothrium crassum and Diphyllobothrium dendriticum].

The fat-acidic composition of E. crassum and D. dendriticum was investigated. Lipids of E. crassum differ in greater unsaturation as compared to these of D. dendriticum as well as in greater amount of acids of type omega 3, whereas acids of type omega 6 and stearic acid were found in extracts of E. crassum in less quantity than in D. dendriticum. This phenomenon is characteristic of organisms living under conditions of low temperatures.

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PubMed1979

A unicellular endocrine gland in cestodes.

Unicellular glands are reported from the scolex and anterior neck region of Hymenolepis diminuta and H. nana. Despite positive staining reactions with the presumptive neurosecretory stains, paraldehyde-fuchsin and chrome-alum-hematoxylin, ultrastructurally these glands exhibit many non-neural characteristics. Glandular cell processes are frequently found in close proximity to muscular tissue, particularly in the suckers, suggesting a regulatory role in muscle modulation as a possible function. Two types of putative, neurosecretory cells are reported from the cephalic ganglia and the lateral nerve cords. Neurosecretory regulation of the unicellular endocrine glands is postulated based on the lack of direct innervation of the glands and the frequent close proximity of axons containing putative, neurosecretory granules.

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PubMed1975

Studies on the integument of cestodes. II. The nature of protein component in the integument of gravid proglottides of Taenia hydatigena.

The main cuticle of the gravid proglottides shows differences in their chemical make up, in that there is a transformation of SH groups into -S-S bonding resulting in the refractivity of the cuticle. Another feature is the coexistence of dityrosine linkages with -S-S bondings. The mode of dityrosine formation from tyrosine residues is found to be possible by the presence of a peroxidase enzyme system in the cuticle. The evolutionary and physiological significance of the occurrence of -S-S bonding and dityrosine links have been discussed.

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