Defense against environmental ammonia toxicity in the African lungfish, Protopterus aethiopicus: Bimodal breathing, skin ammonia permeability and urea synthesis

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-86

  Loong, A M ^a   Tan, J Y L ^a   Wong, W P ^a   Chew, S F ^b   Ip, Y K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Free amino acids; Lungfish; Nitrogen metabolism; Ornithine urea cycle; Protopterus aethiopicus; Urea

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIUM CHLORATE; GLUTAMINE; OXYGEN; UREA; WATER;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MUSCLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SKIN; TELEOST; TOXICITY; UREA;

AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCRETION; FISH; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS; SKIN PERMEABILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UREA CYCLE;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERMEABILITY; SKIN; UREA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA;

PISCES; PROTOPTERIDAE; PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS;

EID: 34548665030     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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