Acute ammonia toxicity and the protective effects of methionine sulfoximine on the swamp eel, Monopterus albus

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 676-688

  Tng, Yvonne Y M ^a   Chew, Shit F ^b   Wee, Nicklaus L J ^a   Wong, Fung K ^a   Wong, Wai P ^a   Tok, Chia Y ^a   Ip, Yuen K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM ACETATE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; UREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ACETATES; ACUTE DISEASE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIVER; MALE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SMEGMAMORPHA; UREA;

MONOPTERUS ALBUS; SYNBRANCHIDAE;

EID: 70449397571     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.555     Document Type: Article

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