Alterations in plasma and hepatic retinoid levels in flounder (Platichthys flesus) after chronic exposure to contaminated harbour sludge in a mesocosm study

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-285

  Besselink, Harry T ^a   Flipsen, Esther M T E ^a   Eggens, Martin L ^b   Vethaak, A Dick ^b   Koeman, Jan H ^a   Brouwer, Abraham ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Flounder; Retinoid; Retinol

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RETINOID; RETINOL ACETATE; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOUNDER; LIVER LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE;

ANIMALIA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 0031830210     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(97)00089-1     Document Type: Article

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