Effect of 20-hydroxyecdysone administration on zinc, copper and metallothionein levels in Procambarus clarkii

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-204

  Torreblanca, Amparo ^a   Del Ramo, J ^a   Martinez, M ^a   Diaz Mayans J ^a   Pastor, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; copper; crayfish; crustacean; dexamethasone; hepatopancreas; m olting; zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DEXAMETHASONE; ECDYSTERONE; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; DEPLETION; HEPATOPANCREAS; MALE; METAL METABOLISM; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0029964367     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(95)02088-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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