Glycogen, proteins, and aminotransferase (GOT, GPT) changes in the frog Rana ridibunda exposed to high concentrations of copper

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 120-125

  Papadimitriou, E ^a   Loumbourdis, N S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COPPER; GLYCOGEN; PROTEIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FROG; LIVER; LIVER HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SKIN PERMEABILITY; THAWING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA RIDIBUNDA;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLYCOGEN; PROTEINS; RANIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 15744364387     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0557-z     Document Type: Article

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