Evaluation of liver and brain esterases in the spotted gar fish (Lepisosteus oculatus) as biomarkers of effect in the lower Mississippi River basin

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 688-695

  Huang, T L ^a   Obih, P O ^a   Jaiswal, R ^a   Hartley, W R ^b   Thiyagarajah, A ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BUTADIENES; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CADMIUM; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CYTOSOL; ESTERASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LEAD; LIVER; MERCURY; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MISSISSIPPI; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS;

EID: 0030941069     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900388     Document Type: Article

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