Metabolizm larw Trichinella spiralis

The previous own studies on the metablism of Trichinella spiralis indicate that larvae utilize the sugar energy mostly through the mediation of pentose-phosphorus cycle, which also accounts for a slight participation of bi- and tricarboxylic acids in the parasite energetics. Phosphorylating glycolysis plays a negligible role. The respiration rate being affected to a comparatively slight degree by individual sugars, this would indicate that larvae might utilize their own sugar reserves or take up a reduced amount of examined sugars.