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The effect of β-alanine on the concentration of taurine and other free amino acids during osmotic stress of Mytilus galloprovincialis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. Sansone ,
M. Cotugno ,
I. Cosma  and
P. Zatta
G. Sansone
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisiologia Generale e Ambientale, Universita di Napoli, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Napoli, Italy
M. Cotugno
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisiologia Generale e Ambientale, Universita di Napoli, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Napoli, Italy
I. Cosma
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisiologia Generale e Ambientale, Universita di Napoli, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Napoli, Italy
P. Zatta
Affiliation:
Centro CNR per lo Studio della Biochimica e della Fisiologia delle Emocianine ed altre metallo-proteine, Via Loredan 10, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Abstract

The effect of β-alanine on the concentration of taurine and other free amino acids (FAA) in different osmotic conditions in Mytilus galloprovincialis have been investigated. Significant variation of the concentration of FAA as a function of the salinity have been observed.

β-alanine incorporation decreases the level of cysteic acid and taurine as well as the level of other FAA.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , February 1987 , pp. 111 - 117
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1987

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