Antipyrine uptake and elimination

Figure 1. Antipyrine uptake and elimination data taken from 3 experiments. Six mussels in 300 mL Instant Ocean were used in each. The 1 mL aliquots were taken at the end of each interval.

Antipyrine uptake and elimination half-Jives were measured in both Pacific Ocean water and Instant Ocean. Measurements were made immediately after collection of the mussels (0 day). 

Antipyrine uptake and elimination was also assessed in the presence of aldrin and p-nitroanisole, among substrates used in biotransformation studies (Table V). Altered antipyrine half-lives might indicate that the levels of the substrates were stressful to the mussels. The levels used did not overtly effect the mussels pumping activity, and half-lives were within the range of control values. Antipyrine disposition measurements will be included in studies on the biological fate of chemicals. 

Antipyrine Uptake and Elimination by Mussels Directly Removed or Laboratory Cultured. 

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