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Year: 2001 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 12 | Page No.: 1190-1194
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2001.1190.1194
Variation in Free Plasma Amino Acid due to Parasitic Infection in the Blood of Rats
Nasreen Gill, M. Saleh Memon and M. Munif Khan

Abstract: Parasitic infection and biochemical analysis have been done on rats with and with out parasitic infections found in Sindh province. Free plasma amino acids were analyzed by paper chromatography, using two different solvent systems for avoiding over lapping etc. Infection was established after opening the rats, identifying the responsible parasites and counting the parasites. As compared with non-infected rats, free plasma amino acids showed variation in blood of parasitically infected rats {(Trypanosome and sporozoan) protozoan}. Intensity of infection especially Trypanosome and Sporozoan were also responsible for variation of free plasma amino acids.

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Nasreen Gill, M. Saleh Memon and M. Munif Khan , 2001. Variation in Free Plasma Amino Acid due to Parasitic Infection in the Blood of Rats. Journal of Biological Sciences, 1: 1190-1194.

Keywords: Rats, endoparasite, plasma amino acid, parasite, amino acids, parasitic infections, trypanosome and sporozoan

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