Increased urea synthesis and/or suppressed ammonia production in the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens, during aestivation in air or mud

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

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-363

  Loong, Ai M ^a   Pang, Cheryl Y M ^a   Hiong, Kum C ^a   Wong, Wai P ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b   Ip, Yuen K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Hypoxia; Lungfish; Nitrogen metabolism; Protopterus annectens; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; UREA;

ADAPTATION; AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOIL; TIME;

AIR; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTIVATION; FEMALE; FISHES; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEASONS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

ANIMALIA; PROTOPTERIDAE; PROTOPTERUS ANNECTENS;

EID: 43149114676     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0228-6     Document Type: Article

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