Ascorbic Acid in Aquatic Organisms: Status and Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780849398810 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 280 str.

Konrad Dabrowski

Opis

A Comprehensive approach to the role of vitamin C at the cellular leve l as well as in the aquatic food chains, growth and reproduction, dise ase resistance and toxicology of aquatic organisms. The volume grows o ut of a special session at the 1998 World Aquaculture Society Meeting. Dabrowski is a top gun in this field.

Spis treści

Preface. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi and the Nature of Life. Glen King and the Henry Loren Family. Analytical Enigmas in Assaying for Vitamers C. Gulonolactone Oxidase Presence in Fishes, Activity and Significance. Critical Review of the Requirements of Ascorbic Acid in Cold and Cool Water Fishes (Salmonoids, Percids, Plecoglossids and Flatfishes). Ascorbic Acid Requirement in Freshwater and Marine Fish. Is There a Difference?
Requirements of L-ascorbic Acid in a Viviparous Marine Teleost, Korean Rockfish. Vitamin C Requirement in Crustaceans. Dietary Requirements for Ascorbic Acid by Warmwater Fish. The Impact of Mironutrients on the Requirement of Ascorbic Acid in Crustaceans and Fish. The Role of Ascorbic Acid and Its Derivates in Resistance to Environmental and Dietary Toxicity of Aquatic Organisms. The Effect of Ascorbic Acid on the Immune Response in Fish. Critical Review of the Concentration, Interactions with Other Nutrients, and Transfer of Ascorbic Acid in Algae, Crustaceans and Fish. Live Food Mediated Vitamin C Transfer in Sea Bass (Dicentrachus Labrax, L.) First Feeding. In Vitro Methods and Results of Ascorbic Acid Absorption in Epithelial Tissues of Fish. Critical Review of the Effects of Ascorbic Acid on Fish Behavior. Past, Present and Future of Ascorbic Acid Research in Aquatic Organisms.

O autorze

Konrad Dabrowski