Aminotransferases Activity in the Hemolymph of Bradybaena similaris (Gastropoda, Xanthonychidae) under Starvation

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1161-1164

  Pinheiro, Jairo ^a   Gomes, Edna Maria ^a   Chagas, Generoso Manoel ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aminotransferases; Bradybaena similaris; L alanine:2oxoglutarate aminotransferase; L aspartate:2oxoglutarate aminotransferase; Snail; Starvation

Indexed keywords

BRADYBAENA SIMILARIS; GASTROPODA; XANTHONYCHIDAE;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; HEMOLYMPH; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAIL; STARVATION;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; HEMOLYMPH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAILS; STARVATION;

EID: 0035522496     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000800022     Document Type: Article

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