Effects of exposure to diethyl phthalate, 4-(tert)-octylphenol, and 2,4,5-trichlorobiphenyl on activity of chitobiase in the epidermis and hepatopancreas of the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Zou, Enmin ^a   Fingerman, Milton ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4,5 Trichlorobiphenyl; 4 (tert) octylphenol; Chitobiase; Diethyl phthalate; Estrogenic xenobiotics; Fiddler crab; PCB29; Uca pugilator

Indexed keywords

N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIDERMIS; HEPATOPANCREAS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIDERMIS; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032969323     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)10093-2     Document Type: Article

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