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Journal of Thermal Biology

Volume 2, Issue 3, September 1977, Pages 131-133
Journal of Thermal Biology

Quantitative variations of some compounds of the T.C.A.-cycle in specimens of Testudo hermanni gmelin after exposure to hyperthermic conditions

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Abstract

In the tortoise Testudo hermanni Gmelin exposure to high temperature (40°C) produces the following metabolic modifications: (1) in liver, the concentrations of succinate, malate, citrate, cisaconitate and fumarate are enhanced by the treatment, while in heart muscle the same result was found only for malate and succinate; (2) in skeletal muscle the T.C.A.-cycle compounds are scarcely influenced by high temperatures; (3) the metabolic variations induced by hyperthermia are very similar to those caused in the same species by anoxic conditions. The meaning of such modifications is discussed in the text.

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