| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1992 |
| Authors: | A. E. Caxton-Martins, Baxter-Grillo, D. L., Nwoha, P. U. |
| Journal: | Discovery Innovation |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Pagination: | 49-52 |
| Date Published: | 1992 |
| Keywords: | Chiroptera, Eidolon helvum, Nigeria, Pteropodidae, West Africa |
| Abstract: | The histochemical activities of some enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism (SDH, LDH and C6PDH) as well as some non-specific phosphomonoesterases (acid and alkaline phosphatases) were investigated in the superior and inferior colliculi of Eidolon helvum (KERR) a megachiropteran bat. The activities of SDH and G6PDH appeared more intense than that of LDH in the superior colliculus while the activity of LDH stained more intensely than SDH and G6PDH in the inferior colliculus. It is suggested that the glycolytic pathway is more actively utilised in the latter organ presumably implying that it is metabolically more active than the superior colliculus. This presupposes that the energy requirements of the inferior colliculus are higher than those of the superior colliculus in Eidolon. The presence of the activity of alkaline phosphatase, especially along the neurons in both colliculi, has been implicated in membrane mediated transport activities. |