Uric acid in the stratum argenteum of toadfishes Opsanus
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 58 (4) , 492-496
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z80-068
Abstract
The outer chorioid (suprachorioid) of the eye of the toadfish Opsanus is a yellow argenteum which consists of two thin sheets. The inner one contains thin flat crystals of uric acid. The uric acid content is about 40 μg/cm2 of chorioid surface. The outer sheet contains yellow, birefringent granules, as yet uncharacterized. In conjunction with certain features of the retina, the yellow chorioid is responsible for eyeshine in the photopic eye.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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