Bioassay technique using nonspecific esterase activities of Tetrahymena pyriformis for screening and assessing cytotoxicity of xenobiotics

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1600-1605

  Bogaerts, Philippe ^a   Senaud, Jean ^a   Bohatier, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicology; Biomarker; Rapid toxicity test; Tetrahymena pyriformis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; NONSPECIFIC ESTERASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOASSAY; TOXICITY; XENOBIOTICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DAPHNIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031827501     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1600:BTUNEA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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