Mixed function oxidases in an Australian marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-89

  Bolton, R M ^a   Ahokas, J T ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 ETHOXYCOUMARIN DEETHYLASE; CYTOCHROME B5; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAUNA; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OPOSSUMS; SEX FACTORS;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0030742197     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900227     Document Type: Article

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