Uric acid deposits and estivation in the invasive apple-snail, Pomacea canaliculata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 506-512

  Giraud Billoud, Maximiliano ^a   Abud, María A ^a   Cueto, Juan A ^a   Vega, Israel A ^a   Castro Vazquez, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Gastropods; Nitrogen recycling; Oxidative stress; Oxyradicals scavengers; Reoxygenation; Urate oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; NITROGEN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; URATE OXIDASE; URIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ADAPTATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUIDS, EXCRETA AND SECRETIONS; INFESTATION; KIDNEY; LARVA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MIDGUT; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POMACEA CANALICULATA; REOXYGENATION; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POMACEA CANALICULATA;

EID: 79951773482     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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