The effect of vitamin C on the non-specific immune response of the juvenile soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx sinensis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 917-922

  Zhou, Xianqing ^a,b   Niu, Cuijuan ^a   Sun, Ruyong ^a   Li, Qingfen ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bactericidal activity; Bacteriolytic activity; Diet; Immunity; Phagocytosis; Serum; Soft shelled turtle; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JUVENILE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; TURTLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

PELODISCUS SINENSIS; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE; TRIONYX;

EID: 0036129517     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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