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Glutamic, oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) activity in skeletal muscles of some freshwater fishes

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Quantitative estimation of Glutamic, Oxaloacetic Transaminase (GOT) activity in the skeletal muscles of two freshwater fishes,Barbus tor, Day (Physostomi-Cyprinidae) andHeteropneustes fossilis, Bloch. (Physostomi-Siluridae) has been done, colourimetrically. It is observed that the GOT enzyme activity is closely associated with the red fibres and is directly proportional to the concentration of red fibres in the muscles.

InB. tor, the activity is more in the hypaxial area than in the epaxial and inH. fossilis, it is more in the epaxial area than in the hypaxial area. The activity is maximum in the lateral line area of the skeletal muscles of both fishes, wherein the concentration of red fibres is maximum.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, M.S.

    D. D. Narawane

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Communicated by Prof. R. V. Seshaiya,f.a.sc.

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Narawane, D.D. Glutamic, oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) activity in skeletal muscles of some freshwater fishes. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 65, 16–19 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052407

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