Effect of feeding on circulating micronutrient concentrations in the Burmese python (Python molurus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 673-679

  Secor, Stephen M ^a   Nagy, Tim R ^b   Johnston, Kelley E ^b   Tamura, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Feeding; Folate; Homocysteine; Pyridoxal 5 phosphate; Python molurus; Snake; Vitamin B 12; Zinc

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; PTEROPTIN; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CIRCULATION; COENZYME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEEDING; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; NONHUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROTEIN BINDING; SNAKE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

MAMMALIA; PYTHON MOLURUS; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0034975629     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00331-2     Document Type: Article

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