Tissue distribution of the enzyme rhodanese in four cyprinid fish species

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 719-723

  Baghshani, Hasan ^a   Aminlari, Mahmoud ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyanide detoxification; Cyprinid fish; Rhodanese

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861754688     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-010-1164-5     Document Type: Article

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