The metabolism of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin E2 in plerocercoids of Spirometra erinacei

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 79; no. 8; p. 634
• Main Authors: Fukushima, T, Isobe, A, Hojo, N, Shiwaku, K, Yamane, Y, Torii, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 1993
• Subjects: Absorption; Albumins - metabolism; Animals; Arachidonic Acid - metabolism; Dinoprostone - biosynthesis; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Snakes - parasitology; Sparganum - immunology; Sparganum - metabolism; Spirometra - immunology; Spirometra - metabolism

With a simplified method of extracting and purifying prostaglandins, trace prostaglandins (nanogram order) were detected by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Arachidonic acid was metabolized to prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) by plerocercoids of Spirometra erinacei, the PGE2 was detected in the medium a...