Role of ureogenesis in tackling problems of ammonia toxicity during exposure to higher ambient ammonia in the air-breathing walking catfish Clarias batrachus

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 733-742

  Saha, Nirmalendu ^a   Datta, Shritapa ^a   Biswas, Kuheli ^a   Kharbuli, Zaiba Y ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ammoniotelism; Ammonium chloride; Hyper ammonia stress; Urea cycle; Ureogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ARGINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

AMMONIA; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FISH; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UREA CYCLE;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDES; CATFISH; CLARIAS; CLARIAS BATRACHUS;

EID: 0347504789     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02708434     Document Type: Article

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