Ascorbic acid regulation in stress responses during acute cold exposure and following recovery in juvenile Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-26

  Chen, Bo jian ^a   Niu, Cui juan ^a   Yuan, Lin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Chinese soft shelled turtle; Intense thermal fluctuation; Oxidative stress; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ACUTE COLD EXPOSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHINESE SOFT SHELLED TURTLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TURTLE; ANIMAL; COLD; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; PELODISCUS SINENSIS; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION; L-GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TURTLES;

EID: 84922446206     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.01.018     Document Type: Article

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