African Journal of
Biochemistry Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biochem. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0778
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 425

Full Length Research Paper

The composition of fatty acids stored in liver, muscle and fat tissues of the African lungfish Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839)

H. A. Elagba Mohamed
  • H. A. Elagba Mohamed
  • Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 321, Khartoum, Sudan.
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Jamal N. Al-Sabahi
  • Jamal N. Al-Sabahi
  • College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, Al-Khoud, 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, Sudan.
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  •  Accepted: 04 December 2013
  •  Published: 31 January 2014

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