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