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The Indian catfish Heteropneustes fossilis when subjected to a high sublethal concentration of 26 mg 1−1 phenol (0.8 of the 96-h LC50 value) for 3, 6, 12, 48 and 96 h elicited muscle glycogenolysis at all time intervals and hepatic glycogenolysis at 3, 6 and 12 h. Hyperglycemia was observed at 3, 6 and 12 h post exposure to phenol. Blood pyruvate content was increased markedly at 3 h. Hyperlacticemia occurred at 3, 6 and 12 h, but hypolacticemia resulted at 48 and 96 h. The results are discussed in relation to acute stress syndrome.
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Gupta, A.B., Srivastava, A.K. Phenol induced changes in the carbohydrate metabolism of the Indian catfish Heteropneustes fossilis . Environ Biol Fish 10, 221–224 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00001130
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