Examination of the qualitative ability of some cold water marine teleosts to synthesise ascorbic acid

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Mæland, Anne ^a   Waagbø, Rune ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Ascorbic acid synthesis; Depletion; Diet; L Gulonolactone oxidase; Marine fish species; Tissue ascorbic acid; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCONOLACTONE OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEOST; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ACIPENSER RUTHENUS; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADUS MORHUA; HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS; SALMO SALAR; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032427705     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10125-3     Document Type: Article

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