Haemolymph amino acid, sugar and glycerol levels in the Namib Desert tenebrionid Stips stali during dehydration and rehydration

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 477-484

  Naidu, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Glucose; Glycerol; Namib Desert; Osmoregulation; Stips stali Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCEROL; SUGAR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; REHYDRATION; TENEBRIO;

STIPS STALI;

EID: 0032005651     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(97)00454-6     Document Type: Article

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