Effects of metals on α-amylase activity in the digestive gland of the green mussel, Perna viridis L

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 677-682

  Yan, T ^a   Teo, L H ^a   Sin, Y M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; PERNA VIRIDIS; ANIMALIA;

AMYLASE; HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN;

ALGAE; ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CADMIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; LEAD; MERCURY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 0030070970     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900099     Document Type: Article

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