Adrenocortical involvement during diverse stress in soft-shelled turtle Lissemys p. punctata Bonnoterre

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 620-625

  Ray, Prajna Paramita ^a   Chaudhuri Sengupta, Santasri ^a   Maiti, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Ascorbic acid; Cholesterol; Corticosterone; Histology; Phosphatases; Stress; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DEHYDRATION; FORMALDEHYDE; HORMONES; SLATE; STRESSES;

DIVERSE STRESS; TURTLE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; FORMALDEHYDE; INORGANIC SALT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; STRESS; TURTLE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HOMEOSTASIS; SALTS; STRESS; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; LISSEMYS; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 2942596134     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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