title: [Study of factors influencing the changes in liver melanin content of amphibia. II. Effect of fasting].
abstract: Statistical examination of the data from experiments conducted on groups of Amphibians induces us to retain as plausible the hypothesis which indicates in fasting one of the preminent factors that cause an increase in the melanic content of their liver. The temperature does not act directly, but indirectly, on the process of melanosynthesis, by inducing or otherwise the semilethargous state on which alimentation depends.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D005215:Fasting; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008543:Melanins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D011893:Rana esculenta / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins
vernacular_title: Studio dei fattori che influenzano le variazioni del contenuto melanico in fegato di anfibi.nota II--Azione del digiuno.