Secretion by the nasal salt glands of two insectivorous lizard species is initiated by an ecologically relevant dietary ion, chloride

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Salt Gland 100%
• Lizards 79%
• Chlorides 61%
• Cations 58%
• Ions 47%
• Nose 46%
• Sodium 38%
• Potassium 31%
• Potassium Chloride 29%
• Anions 24%
• Salts 20%
• potassium bicarbonate 18%
• Sodium Chloride 13%
• Histidine 12%
• Bicarbonates 12%
• Uric Acid 11%
• Acetates 11%
• Vertebrates 10%
• Diet 7%
• Water 7%
• Injections 6%

Agriculture & Biology

• salt glands 82%
• lizards 54%
• chlorides 49%
• cations 42%
• ions 41%
• secretion 40%
• Scincidae 36%
• potassium 36%
• sodium 28%
• bicarbonates 20%
• anions 19%
• sodium chloride 17%
• Eumeces 15%
• table salt 13%
• Anolis carolinensis 13%
• histidine 9%
• acetates 7%
• vertebrates 7%
• salts 6%
• injection 6%
• environmental factors 6%
• diet 4%
• water 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• lizard 67%
• secretion 61%
• chloride 45%
• potassium 40%
• salt 40%
• cation 40%
• ion 36%
• sodium 36%
• bicarbonate 19%
• anion 18%
• salt load 14%
• ecological factor 11%
• vertebrate 8%
• acetate 8%
• diet 8%
• loss 5%
• water 2%
• effect 2%