Inhibitory action of thymol on fecal microbial activity in Tamandua tetradactyla and its effect on glucocorticoid metabolite measurement.
Bacterial metabolism
Feces
Non-invasive hormone monitoring
Stress
Wildlife species
Journal
General and comparative endocrinology
ISSN: 1095-6840
Titre abrégé: Gen Comp Endocrinol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0370735
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 09 2019
01 09 2019
Historique:
received:
12
04
2018
revised:
04
02
2019
accepted:
15
04
2019
pubmed:
20
4
2019
medline:
27
11
2019
entrez:
20
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Faecal glucocorticoid measurement is a potentially important tool for improving wildlife conservation, but its use is still limited by methodological issues including the need to avoid modifications of steroids by faecal microorganisms during storage. The freezing of faeces is recommended as a means of avoiding such alterations, but this is costly under non-controlled environmental conditions. The present study was designed to determine whether the application of thymol reduced the proliferation of microorganisms in the faeces of Tamandua tetradactyla and whether it influenced faecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) measurements. Tamandua tetradactyla faeces were individually collected after defaecation, divided into fractions (5.5 g each) and kept in sealed glass Petri dishes at 22 ± 2 °C. A thymol solution (550 µL; 5 mg g
Identifiants
pubmed: 31002827
pii: S0016-6480(18)30244-2
doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.04.015
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Glucocorticoids
0
Thymol
3J50XA376E
Etiocholanolone
97CGB1M48I
11-ketoetiocholanolone
Y5908J818K
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
91-96Informations de copyright
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