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    • Lipid requirements for axenic cultivation ofEntamoeba histolytica

      N K Garg S R Das

      Volume 2 Issue 3 September 1980 pp 235-241

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    • Keywords

       

      Entamoeba histolytica ; axenic; cholesterol; lecithin; fatty acids; trophozoite-multiplication

    • Abstract

       

      Fatty acids, cholesterol and glucose present in axenic medium are utilized by growingEntamoeba histolytica but the amoeba is unable to synthesize cholesterol from [U-14 C- ] glucose although the label is incorporated into the fatty acids and non-saponifiable fractions of the organism. Exogenously-added sonicated dispersions of cholesterol, Β-sitosterol, lanosterol, lecithin and lauric, palmitic, linoleic and stearic acids are ingested by the amoebae with subsequent loss in amoeboid movement. After a few hours the movement is regained. Cholesterol, lecithin and the fatty acids stimulate amoebic multiplication but are unable to replace serum in the medium either singly or in combination.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      N K Garg1 S R Das1

      1. Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow - 226 001

    • Dates

       
      Published
      September 1980
      Manuscript received
      11 March 1980

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