UTILIZATION OF INJECTED MALTOSE AND SUCROSE BYINSECTS - EVIDENCE FOR NON-INTESTINAL OLIGOSACCHARIDASES

1. 1. Homogenates of the abdomen and thorax of mosquitoes from which the alimentary canal had been removed and hemolymph of the honeybee hydrolyzed sucrose and maltose much faster than trehalose. 2. 2. Mosquitoes, honeybees, blowflies, butterflies and dragonfiles were capable of oxidizing massive doses of injected sucrose and maltose to carbon dioxide. © 1968.