title: Seasonal dynamics of the tissue levels of total protein, free amino acid and ribonucleic acid in an Indian air-breathing teleost, Channa punctatus.
abstract: The tropical freshwater air-breathing teleost, Channa punctatus, reveals a seasonal metabolic reorganization with reference to its biochemical tissue compositions. The summer-adapted and winter-adapted C. punctatus seem to be two biochemically distinct populations. Besides, the different reproductive phases viz. prespawning, spawning, post-spawning, preparatory-I and preparatory-II are also biochemically distinct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000388:Air; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D005880:Gills / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D010507:Periodicity; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D012119:Respiration; D012621:Seasons; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D011506:Proteins; D012313:RNA