Postprandial increases in nitrogenous excretion and urea synthesis in the giant mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3015-3023

  Ip, Yuen K ^a   Lim, Chiat K ^a   Lee, Serene L M ^a   Wong, Wai P ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ammonia; Ammonia excretion; Feeding; Glutamine; Mudskipper; Nitrogen metabolism; Ornithine urea cycle; Periophthalmodon schlosseri; Urea

Indexed keywords

PERIOPHTHALMUS BARBARUS;

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; LIVER; MALAYSIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FISHES; GLUTAMINE; LIVER; MALAYSIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 5444261333     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01137     Document Type: Article

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