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Effects of Echinostoma caproni infections on metallic ions in the intestinal mucosa of ICR mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

L.R. Layman ,
T.J. Mueller ,
K.M. Koehnlein ,
B. Fried  and
J. Sherma
L.R. Layman
Affiliation:
Departments of Chemistry and Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA
T.J. Mueller
Affiliation:
Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA
K.M. Koehnlein
Affiliation:
Departments of Chemistry and Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA
B. Fried*
Affiliation:
Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA
J. Sherma
Affiliation:
Departments of Chemistry and Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA
*
*Author for correspondence. Fax: (610) 330-5705 E-mail: [email protected]
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Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) was used to study metallic ions in the intestinal mucosa of ICR mice infected with Echinostoma caproni and the mucosa of uninfected control mice. Infected mucosa (n = 9 with about 100 mg wet weight per sample) were examined at 2 weeks p.i. in mice that were infected with about 25 worms per host. Uninfected mucosa (n = 9 with about 100 mg wet weight per sample) were examined in the same time frame as the infected mucosa. Five metals were measured in the mucosa by ICP-AES analysis, as follows: calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium and zinc. There were no significant differences (Student's t-test, P > 0.05) in the concentrations of calcium, potassium or zinc in infected versus uninfected mucosa. The concentration of sodium was significantly greater (P < 0.05) in the mucosa of infected versus uninfected mucosa, but the situation was reversed in regard to magnesium.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 73 , Issue 4 , April 1999 , pp. 367 - 368
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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