Metabolite mapping of Toxocara canis using one- and two-dimensional proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT

One- and two-dimensional proton (1H) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic techniques have yielded detailed in vitro profiles of the metabolites present in the parasitic nematode Toxocara canis. The major intracellular metabolites were found to include trehalose, alanine, succinate, acetate, propionate and alpha-glycerophosphorylcholine.