In contrast to most vertebrates, freshwater turtles of the genera Trachemys and Chrysemys survive total oxygen deprivation for long periods time. This remarkable tolerance makes them ideal August Krogh's model animals study adaptions deprivation. The gasotransmitters nitric oxide (NO) hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) their metabolic derivatives are central in regulating physiological responses Here, we...

Although 2:3-dimercaptopropanol (British AntiLewisite, BAL) was first introduced (Stocken & Thompson, 1941, 1946) as a local antidote for use after contamination of the skin with one of the arsenical vesicants, its application to the treatment of systemic arsenical poisoning in man made it desirable to obtain information concerning the distribution of thiols in the blood and urine after injecti...