Biotransformation, endocrine, and genetic responses of Anguilla anguilla L. to petroleum distillate products and environmentally contaminated waters

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 64-75

  Pacheco, Mário ^a   Santos, Maria Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Cortisol; EROD; Genotoxicity; PAHs; Petroleum distillate

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIESEL FUEL; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GASOLINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CAGE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTOXICITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ENA;

EID: 0034997187     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.2000.2025     Document Type: Article

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