Changes in free amino acid synthesis in the perfused liver of an air-breathing walking catfish, Clarias batrachus infused with ammonium chloride: A strategy to adapt under hyperammonia stress

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-23

  Saha, Nirmalendu ^a   Dutta, Supiya ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATFISH; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER; METABOLISM; PERFUSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CATFISHES; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LIVER; PERFUSION;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDES; CLARIAS BATRACHUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0033977652     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(20000101)286:1<13::AID-JEZ2>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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