Nitrogen Excretion in Cockroaches: Uric Acid Is Not a Major Product
- 25 August 1972
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 177 (4050), 699-701
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.177.4050.699
Abstract
Thin-layer chromatographic and enzymatic spectrophotometric analyses have failed to detect uric acid in fecal extracts from American cockroaches on specified diets. Uric acid appears in the excreta when it is a dietary constituent, although most of it is apparently absorbed and stored internally. Surprisingly, ammonia is a major excretory product.Keywords
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