Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Science - Department Of Zoology
We have estimated the amount of cholesterol in the apical membrane of adult schistosomes via extraction with the membrane impermeable cholesterol binding drug methy1 - Bcyclodextrin (MBCD) followed by filipin staining of the worms and evaluation of the amount of cholesterol released in the medium by a commercially available enzymatic colorimetric assay