Glycogen Estimation in Two Insect Parasitic Nematodes Parasitizing the Gut of Periplaneta Americana at Meerut

During course of study of insect parasitic nematodes of Meerut region, the author extracted Hammerschmiditiella diesingi and Schwenkiella oreintalis from the gut of Periplaneta americana. Quantitative estimation of glycogen of female specimens of both these parasites was performed by the author. It was observed that total glycogen content was more in S. oreintalis as compared to H. diesingi. After six hours of incubation in various sugars, the percent depletion of endogenous glycogen content was observed to be different in different sugars.