Effects of cadmium on Euglena gracilis membrane lipids

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 941-948

  Einicker Lamas, M ^a   Soares, M J ^b   Soares, M S ^a   Oliveira, M M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cadmium toxicity; Chloroplasts; Euglena; Membranes; Phospholipids; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; EUGLENA GRACILIS; LIGHT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EUGLENA GRACILIS; LIGHT; MEMBRANE LIPIDS;

EID: 0030202155     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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