A study on cholesterol content in some tissues of the Saudi frog: Rana ridibunda. |
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| Authors: | M S Alyousif |
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| Affiliation: | Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. |
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| Abstract: | 1. Cholesterol content of selected tissues in the Saudi frog Rana ridibunda was determined. 2. Total cholesterol content was higher in tissues involved in water loss, ranging from 12.22 +/- 0.28 to 40.3 +/- 0.79 mg/g. 3. In tissues not involved in water loss, total cholesterol content ranged from 2.42 +/- 0.18 to 19.30 +/- 0.39 mg/g. |
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