Role of amino acid metabolism in an air-breathing catfish, Clarias batrachus in response to exposure to a high concentration of exogenous ammonia

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-250

  Saha, Nirmalendu ^a   Dutta, Supiya ^a   Bhattacharjee, Arundhati ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air breathing catfish; Amino acid metabolism; Ammonia; Clarias batrachus; Free amino acids; Hyper ammonia stress; Urea; Ureogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; TAURINE; UREA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATFISH; CLARIAS BATRACHUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCRETION; KIDNEY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UREA CYCLE;

BATRACHOIDES; CATFISH; CLARIAS; CLARIAS BATRACHUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0036791103     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00145-8     Document Type: Article

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