Makund Behari Lal Sahab, Indian helminthologist and parasitologist (Sitapur District, Uttar Pradesh State 31 January 1907 – Dayalbagh, Agra State 05 December 2002)

Authored over 100 research papers

First to demonstrate that the pungent smell of the stink gland secretion of millipeds is due to chlorine (1933)

Demonstrated a simple method for maintaining live Echinorhynchus truttae for several days using 1% solution of sodium chloride (1947)

Demonstrated in detail how the infection of the snail by trematode larvae affects the life of the host

With S.C. Shrivastava proved the non-chitinous nature of the scorpion epicuticle (1957)

Demonstrated the occurrence of haemoglobin in helminths (1959)

Showed that the vitelline gland in helminths produce a secretion comprising sclerotin

With G.N. Johri first to present a step by step sequence of shell formation in Fasciola indica (1967)

Papers in top journals

A new trematode metacercaria from the eyes of trout. Nature 171 (4342):130-1, 1953

With M.S. Kanungo. Invertase in Palamnaeus bengalensis. Science 117 (3029):57-8, 1953

With B.B. Saxena. Uricotelism in the common Indian apple-snail, Pila globosa (Swainson). Nature 170 (4337):1024, 1952

Occurrence of larval helminths in Gammarus pulex (L) from the Braid Burn, Edinburgh. Nature 169 (4305):752, 1952

With N.K. Chowdhury & K.Kishor. Purification of the anticoagulant principle obtained from the Indian cattle leech, Hirudinaria. Science 114 (2974):696-7, 1951

With N.K. Chowdhury. Anticioagulant activity of the Indian cattle leech. Nature 166 (4220):480, 1950

Acanthocephala of trout and Anthelmintics: behaviour in vitro. Nature 159 (4042):545-6, 1947

DESCRIBED HELMINTH TAXA

Genera

Chinhuta (1937)

Hindia (1936)

Klossinema 1968

Lieftinckana 1959

Naviformia 1936

Neoalaria 1939

Oswaldocruzia 1942

Psilorchis 1936 with Thapar

Receptocoelum 1939

Typhlophilus 1936

Species

About 35

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Data extracted from Proceed. Internat. Conf. Intern. Conf. Environ. Parasitol. Commun. Health Care Initiatives: ENPARACOHI, Oct 13-15, 2007