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Isolation of Ergosterol from the Trypanosomatid Leptomonas culicidarum
Author(s) -
HALEVY S.,
SAREL S.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1965.tb01855.x
Subject(s) - ergosterol , isolation (microbiology) , biology , sterol , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , cholesterol
SYNOPSIS. The chief sterol of the trypanosomatid, Leptomonas culicidarum , was isolated and identified as ergosterol. Its isolation was aided by devising a better method for mass cultivation of Trypanosomatidae. This consisted of growing the parasites in suspension with shaking instead of the usual stationary condition. The implications of these findings are discussed.