Role of antioxidant defenses during estivation and anoxia exposure in the freshwater snail Biomphalaria tenagophila (Orbigny, 1835)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1239-1248

  Ferreira, Marcus V R ^a,b   Alencastro, Antonieta C R ^a   Hermes Lima, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYME KINETICS; LIPIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ESTIVATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANOXIA; ANTIOXIDANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA TENAGOPHILA; GASTROPODA; PLANORBIDAE;

EID: 0345358646     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-104     Document Type: Article

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