African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus Does not detoxify ammonia to urea or amino acids but actively excretes ammonia during exposure to environmental ammonia

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 242-254

  Ip, Yuen K ^a   Zubaidah, Ramdzan M ^a   Liew, Pei C ^a   Loong, Ai M ^a   Hiong, Kum C ^a   Wong, Wai P ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CARBON; FRESH WATER; GLUTAMINE; UREA;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATFISH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; PH; POTENTIOMETRY; SINGAPORE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CATFISHES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESH WATER; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POTENTIOMETRY; SINGAPORE; UREA;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDES; CATFISH; CLARIAS; CLARIAS BATRACHUS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; PISCES;

EID: 2342484344     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383499     Document Type: Article

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