1H NMR spectroscopic investigations of tissue metabolite biomarker response to Cu(II) exposure in terrestrial invertebrates: Identification of free histidine as a novel biomarker of exposure to copper in earthworms

Biomarkers

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 295-302

  Gibb, J O T ^a   Svendsen, C ^b   Weeks, J M ^b   Nicholson, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1H NMR; Copper toxicity; Earthworm; Eisenia andrei; Histidine metabolites; Lumbricus rubellus; Tissue extracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001501332     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135475097231526     Document Type: Article

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