The chemical form of mercury in fish

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5637, 2003, Pages 1203-

  Harris, Hugh H ^a   Pickering, Ingrid J ^a,b   George, Graham N ^a,b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

CHEMISTRY; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; MERCURIALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCIFORMES; SEAFOOD; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0042823833     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1085941     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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6. Solution species identity was confirmed by measuring the extended x-ray absorption fine structure. Methylmercury cysteine showed Hg-C and Hg-S bond lengths of 2.06 and 2.35 Å, respectively.
7. 3HgCl shows Hg-C and Hg-Cl bond-lengths of 2.02 and 2.30 Å, respectively.
8. Research at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory was supported by DOE Office of Basic Energy Services, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, and by NIH National Center for Research Resources. We thank Cook's Seafood Market, Menlo Park, CA, for the gift of fresh fish samples.