title: HPLC-determination of apomorphine in a mormyrid fish, gnathonemus petersii.
abstract: Uptake of apomorphine and elimination kinetics in brain and muscle tissue of the weakly electric fish Gnathonemus petersii (Mormyridae) was determined by HPLC. 20 min exposure of the fish to apomorphine in the aquarium water (0.4 mg/l) resulted in a concentration factor of 1.09 for brain and 0.55 for muscle tissue. Elimination from brain tissue can be described with first order kinetics (t1/2 = 2.4 h).
authors.affiliation: Biologisches Institut der Universität Stuttgart, Abteilung Tierphysiologie, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kunze
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D004555:Electric Fish; D007700:Kinetics; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001058:Apomorphine