Damage to the Gills, Skin and Other Tissues by Lysenin and the Coelomic Fluid of the Earthworm Eisenia foetida in Two Teleosts, Tanichthys albonubes and Oreochromis mossambicus

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-126

  Ohta, Naoshi ^a   Aizu, Masako ^b   Kaneko, Toyoji ^c   Sato, Tetsuji ^d   Kobayashi, Hideshi ^b  

^a ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EISENIA FETIDA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; TANICHTHYS ALBONUBES; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

LIPOSOME; LYSENIN; PROTEIN; SPHINGOLIPID;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FISH; GILL; HEATING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FISHES; GILLS; HEATING; LIPOSOMES; OLIGOCHAETA; PROTEINS; SKIN; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 0038486030     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10193     Document Type: Article

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