The effect of thyroxine on the oxygen consumption of the ocellated skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal)

Mohamed K Al-Sadoon; Amin A El-Banna; Mohammad Khalid Al-Sadoon

doi:10.1016/0300-9629(87)90300-8

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The effect of thyroxine on the oxygen consumption of the ocellated skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal)

Mohamed K Al-Sadoon, Amin A El-Banna and Mohammad Khalid Al-Sadoon

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology, Vol.86(1), pp.189-192

1987

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(87)90300-8

PMID: 2881652

Abstract

1. 1. Acutely administered thyroxine caused significant increase in the whole body rate of oxygen consumption of C. ocellatus at temperatures between 4 and 25°C. 2. 2. No significant increase in the oxygen consumption was observed over the voluntary body temperature range of 30–40°C.

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Title: The effect of thyroxine on the oxygen consumption of the ocellated skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal)
Creators - without role: Mohamed K Al-Sadoon
Amin A El-Banna - King Saud University
Mohammad Khalid Al-Sadoon - King Saud University
Publication Details: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology, Vol.86(1), pp.189-192
Publisher: Elsevier B.V
Identifiers: 9951609808331
Academic Unit: King Saud University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article