Activities of glutamate dehydrogenase and aspartate and alanine aminotransferases in freshwater snails Helisoma duryi and Lymnaea natalensis exposed to copper

Biomarkers

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-42

  Masola, B ^a   Chibi, M ^a   Naik, Y S ^b   Kandare, E ^a   Zaranyika, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Natl Univ of Science Technology   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Alanine amino transferase; Aspartate aminotransferase; Copper; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Helisoma duryi; Lymnaea natalensis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPPER ION; FRESH WATER; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BREEDING METHOD; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; DEATH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; EXPOSURE; LYMNAEA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SNAIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERNATANT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COPPER; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYMNAEA; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER;

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; HELISOMA; HELISOMA DURYI; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA NATALENSIS;

EID: 0037235869     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547500210166757     Document Type: Review

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