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Physiological studies on trematodes: the osmotic activity of Gastrothylax crumenifer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Madan M. Goil
Madan M. Goil
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Bareilly College, Bareilly, U.P., India
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The percentage change in weight, at 38·2 °C, in different concentrations of sodium chloride at different intervals, of a trematode, Gastrothylax crumenifer, from the reticulum of buffaloes has been recorded.

A state of approximate isotonicity is reached between 0·4 and 0·5% sodium chloride.

The osmotic pressure has also been expressed in terms of freezing-point depression.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , February 1966 , pp. 101 - 104
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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