Metabolic fate of exogenous 15NH4Cl in the gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-164

  Rodicio, Lenore P ^a,c   Sternberg, Leonel Da Silveira Lobo ^b   Walsh, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c MIAMI DADE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

15NH4Cl; Gulf toadfish; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Opsanus beta; Ornithine urea cycle

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN 15; PROTEIN; SEA WATER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UREA;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EXPOSURE; FISH; GILL; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; OPSANUS; OPSANUS BETA;

EID: 0141927419     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(03)00196-0     Document Type: Article

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