Activities of thiosulphate and 3-mercaptopyruvate-cyanide-sulphurtransferases in poultry birds and the fruit bat

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 833-839

  Agboola, Femi Kayode ^a,b   Fagbohunka, Bamidele Sanya ^a   Adenuga, Gbenga Adebola ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

3 mercaptopyruvate sulphurtransferase; Chicken; Cyanide; Detoxication; Duck; Fruit bat; Pigeon; Thiosulphate sulphurtransferases (rhodanese)

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPYRUVIC ACID; CYANIDE; SULFURTRANSFERASE; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BAT; BIRD; BRAIN TISSUE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DUCK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEART; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; POULTRY;

AVES; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33846980820     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.833.839     Document Type: Article

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