STEROL METABOLISM IN THE AMERICAN COCKROACH

The American Cockroach Regeneration

Tachykinin stimulates α-amylase, protease and lipase activities in the midgut of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (Blattodea: Blattidae)

       در این تحقیق به بررسی اثر تاکیکینین بر روی فعالیت آلفا آمیلاز، پروتئاز و لیپاز در معده میانی سوسری امریکایی (L.) Periplaneta americana پرداخته شد. فعالیت ایمنوهیستوشیمیایی سلول‌های معده میانی (بخش های جلویی، میانی و عقبی) که تاکیکینین ترشح می‌کردند مورد تایید قرار گرفت. چهار هفته گرسنگی، تعداد سلول هایی را که عکس العمل ایمنوهیستوشیمیایی مقابل آنتی‌بادی تاکیکینین داشتند (Tachykinin-ir cel...

Oxidative Demethylation in Sterol Metabolism

Oxidative demethylation of 4-methyl sterols by rat liver microsomes has been shown to be inhibited by low levels of NADH. Using snake venom-treated microsomes to remove endogenous NADH-utilizing activities, we observed inhibition of overall demethylation at concentrations of NADH as low as 2.5 p ~ . At 20 p~ NADH, overall demethylation had been reduced to 60% of optimal activity. In the presenc...

Tryptophan metabolite excretion by the American cockroach.

Abstrac t -1 . Three fluorescing materials have been discovered in excreta from the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.), and found to increase in concentration as dietary nitrogen increases. 2. These compounds have been identified as kynurenic, xanthurenic and 8-hydroxyquinaldic acids. 3. Feeding cockroaches antibiotic eliminates 8-hydroxyquinaldic acid production, presumably by inhi...

odor-tracking performance in the American cockroach Periplaneta americana

Determining the location of a particular stimulus is often crucial to an animal’s survival. One way to determine the local distribution of an odor is to make simultaneous comparisons acrossmultiple sensors. If the sensors detect differences in the distribution of an odor in space, the animal can then steer toward the source. American cockroaches, Periplaneta americana, have 4 cm long antennae a...