SALMON-CALCITONIN INDUCED HYPOCALCEMIA AND HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA IN AN ELASMOBRANCH, DASYATIS-AKAJEI

Authors
SRIVASTAV AK SRIVASTAV SK SASAYAMA Y SUZUKI N
Citation
Ak. Srivastav et al., SALMON-CALCITONIN INDUCED HYPOCALCEMIA AND HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA IN AN ELASMOBRANCH, DASYATIS-AKAJEI, General and comparative endocrinology, 109(1), 1998, pp. 8-12
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
General and comparative endocrinology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00166480
Volume
109
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
8 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-6480(1998)109:1<8:SIHAHI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Salmon calcitonin (5 mu g/kg body wt) was administered in an elasmobra nch, Dasyatis akajei, to investigate the effects upon plasma calcium a nd inorganic phosphate. The hormone produced hypocalcemia and hyperpho sphatemia in the stingray. It is concluded that calcitonin may have a role in calcium homeostasis by a mechanism different from that on bone s. (C) 1998 Academic Press.