PMID- 829917 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19781025 LR - 20091111 IS - 0001-6764 (Print) IS - 0001-6764 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 6 DP - 1976 TI - Concentration and seasonal variations of purine bases, nucleotides and nucleotide-sugars in liver of Bufo arenarum. Comparison with early embryogenesis. PG - 472-80 AB - A comparative study of the bases, nucleotides and nucleotide-sugars was performed in liver of Bufo arenarum. Samples were obtained at different seasons of the year, according to the periods of active (December-March) and passive metabolism (April-July). It was found that guanine and hypoxanthine increase significantly in spring. A remarkable decrease in the levels of the nucleosides triphosphates adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP) was found in spring; correlatively, an increase in the levels of adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) and guanosine 5'-monophosphate (GMP) and adenosine 5'-pyrophosphate (ADP) and guanosine 5'-pyrophosphate (GDP was observed. A notable increase in the amounts of uridine 5'-diphosphate- D - glucose (UDP-glucose) was detected at the end of the period of low metabolism, which is coincident wtih a decrease in the level of glycogen, observed by other authors. FAU - Maggese, M C AU - Maggese MC FAU - Spaizmann, R C AU - Spaizmann RC FAU - de Recondo, M E AU - de Recondo ME LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PL - Argentina TA - Acta Physiol Lat Am JT - Acta physiologica latino americana JID - 0060610 RN - 0 (Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Purine Nucleosides) RN - 0 (Purine Nucleotides) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anura MH - Base Sequence MH - Bufo arenarum/embryology/*metabolism MH - Carbohydrates/*analysis MH - Female MH - Liver/*analysis/metabolism MH - Purine Nucleosides/*analysis MH - Purine Nucleotides/*analysis MH - Seasons EDAT- 1976/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1976/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1976/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1976/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1976/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1976/01/01 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Physiol Lat Am. 1976;26(6):472-80.