Rhodanese (thiosulfate: cyanide sulfurtransferase) in the digestive tract of chicken at different stages of development
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- 1 February 1997
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Poultry Science
- Vol. 76 (2) , 318-320
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ps/76.2.318
Abstract
This study was undertaken to investigate the relationships between stage of embryonic development and early posthatch growth and the level of rhodanese (thiosulfate:cyanide sulfurtransferase) activity in different regions of the digestive tract and liver of chickens. The embryos were studied at 14, 17, and 20 d and chickens were 1, 2, and 3 wk old. All tissues studied contained rhodanese. The highest specific activity of rhodanese was present in the liver followed by the proventriculus (P < 0.05). The lowest level was in the esophagus. The level of rhodanese was found to increase with age in the proventriculus and duodenum. The highest rhodanese activity in 3-wk-old chickens was in the proventriculus followed by the liver. These results are discussed in terms of the role of different sections of the digestive tract of the chicken in cyanide metabolism.Keywords
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