Postprandial increases in nitrogenous excretion and urea synthesis in the Chinese soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-29

  Lee, Serene M L ^a   Wong, Wai P ^a   Loong, Ai M ^a   Hiong, Kum C ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Feeding; Nitrogen metabolism; Pelodiscus sinensis; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FATTY ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EATING; INTESTINE; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STOMACH; TURTLE;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; INTESTINES; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; STOMACH; TURTLES; UREA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PELODISCUS SINENSIS; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 33845778038     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0105-8     Document Type: Article

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