Ns. Agar et Pbs. Spencer, LEVELS OF GLYCOLYTIC-ENZYMES AND METABOLITES IN THE RED-BLOOD-CELLS OF THE RED-LEGGED PADEMELON, THYLOGALE-STIGMATICA (MACROPODIDAE, MARSUPIALIA), Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry, 105(1), 1993, pp. 199-202
1. Haematology, red cell enzymes and metabolites and the rates of laca
te production by the red blood cells incubated with different substrat
es were measured in the blood from a small marsupial, the red-legged p
ademelon (Thylogale stigmatica). 2. In comparison with other marsupial
s of similar body weight, pademelon red cells have lower levels of ade
nosine triphosphate (ATP) and a lower activity of glutathione S-transf
erase. 3. Red cells incubated with inosine did not produce lactate, a
finding which is not uncommon in marsupials.