Influence of season and pollution on the antioxidant defenses of the cichlid fish acará (Geophagus brasiliensis)

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 719-726

  Wilhelm Filho, D ^a   Torres, M A ^a   Tribess, T B ^a   Pedrosa, R C ^a   Soares, C H L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acar ; Adaptation; Antioxidant defenses; Fish; Oxyradicals; Pollution; Season

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; GEOPHAGUS BRASILIENSIS;

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGY; PERCH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; WATER POLLUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; MALE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCHES; SEASONS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0035380741     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2001000600004     Document Type: Article

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