Riboflavin content in autofluorescent earthworm coelomocytes is species-specific

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-280

  Płytycz, Barbara ^a   Homa, Joanna ^a   Kozioł, Beata ^a   Rózanowska, Małgorzata ^b   Morgan, A John ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Coelomocytes; Earthworms; Flow cytometry; Lipofuscin; Riboflavin; Spectrofluorometry

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTHWORM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOGRAM; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ALLOLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; APORRECTODEA; DENDROBAENA VENETA; DENDRODRILUS RUBIDUS; EISENIA FETIDA; LUMBRICUS; OCTOLASION;

EID: 33750733282     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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