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1. The amino acid metabolism of the rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta was investigated. 2. In addition to the characteristic end products of helminth metabolism, H. diminuta also forms substantial amounts of 14C-alanine during incubations in 14C-glucose. 3. Of 10 amino acids tested, only 14C-labelled asparate and, to a lesser extent alanine, generated substantial amounts of 14CO2 when incubated with H. diminuta. 4. 14C-aspartate was incorporated into both succinate and acetate, major products of the worms mitochondrial metabolism, but the rates were low when compared to the metabolism of exogenous glycogen. 5. These results suggest that amino acid metabolism in H. diminuta is very limited.
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