Chronic toxicity of propoxur on carbohydrate, protein and serum electrolyte levels in catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 408-414

  Singh, N N ^a,c   Das, V K ^a   Srivastava, A K ^b  

^a KAMLA NEHRU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c St Andrew's College India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ELECTROLYTE; INSECTICIDE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PROPOXUR; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATFISH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CALCIUM; CATFISHES; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INSECTICIDES; LIVER; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MUSCLES; PHOSPHORUS; PROPOXUR; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031301962     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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