Influence of diets supplemented with vitamins C and E on pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) blood parameters

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 576-580

  de Andrade, Jaqueline Inês Alves ^a   Ono, Eduardo Akifumi ^a   de Menezes, Glauber Cruz ^a   Brasil, Elenice Martins ^a   Roubach, Rodrigo ^a   Urbinati, Elisabeth Criscuolo ^b   Tavares Dias, Marcos ^c   Marcon, Jaydione Luiz ^c   Affonso, Elizabeth Gusmão ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Fish; Hematology; Metabolism; Physiology; Stress; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARAPAIMA GIGAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FISH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PIRARUCU;

ARAPAIMA GIGAS;

EID: 33847384908     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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