... snail body by alcian blue staining and showed that it ismainly secreted into the outer surface of the body as amucous material from internal granules [11]. The mucussecreted on the body surfaces ... soft body GAGs were isolated from the soft snail body following apreviously described method, with modifications [5]. Briefly,the shell of the giant snail was removed, and the whole soft body ... G.D. & Rosen, L. (1969) Studies on eosinophilicmeningitis. V. Molluscan hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonenis onthePacificIslands.Am.J.Trop.Med.Hyg.18, 206–261.15. Vasconcellos,M.C.&Pile,E.(2001)OccurrenceofAchatina...