Oscars, astronotus ocellatus, have a dietary requirement for vitamin C

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1745-1751

  Fracalossi, Débora M ^a,b   Allen, Mary E ^a   Nichols, Donald K ^a   Oftedal, Olav T ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid deficiency; Astronotus ocellatus; L gulonolactone oxidase; Ornamental fish

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BODY WEIGHT; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FISH; GILL; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; LORDOSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT;

ASTRONOTUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 0031687843     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.10.1745     Document Type: Article

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