Cyanide exposure affects the production and excretion of ammonia by the mudskipper Boleophthalmus boddaerti

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 441-448

  Chew, Shit F ^a   Goh, Elaine ^b   Lim, Cheng B ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^b  

^a Sch of Sci Natl Inst of E   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonia excretion; Blood pH; Boleophthalmus boddaerti; Cyanide; Detoxification; Mudskipper

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; ADENYLOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; AMMONIA; CYANIDE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADENYLOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; AMMONIA; AMP DEAMINASE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; GILLS; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MUSCLES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032193148     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)10021-X     Document Type: Article

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