Nutritional Stress And Ascorbic Acid Dynamics: Gender Perspectives In Clarias Batrachus
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The current study investigates the impact of starvation on the levels of ascorbic acid in the brain and hepatic tissues of both male and female Clarias batrachus. Male individuals exhibited a significantly greater concentration of ascorbic acid compared to female individuals. Under typical circumstances, the brain contains higher levels of ascorbic acid (43.24mg/100gm in males and 40.65mg/100gm in females) compared to the liver (17.59mg/100gm in males and 13.32mg/100gm in females). Extended nutritional stress leads to a gradual decrease in the level of ascorbic acid in all types of tissues, which could be associated with an increase in gluconeogenesis. The liver exhibited a higher level of depletion (73% in males and 78% in females), whereas the brain showed a lower level of depletion (57% in males and 48% in females) following a period of 40 days of hunger.
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