Biomarkers of effect in toads and frogs

Biomarkers

Volumn 8, Issue 4/3, 2003, Pages 167-186

  Venturino, Andrés ^a   Rosenbaum, Enrique ^a   Caballero De Castro, Adriana ^a   Anguiano, Olga Liliana ^a   Gauna, Lidia ^a   Fonovich de Schroeder, Teresa ^a,b   Pechen de D'Angelo, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anuran; Cholinesterases; Molecular biomarkers; Oxidative stress; Teratogens

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; CHOLINESTERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMPHIBIA; BREEDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZATION; FROG; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TADPOLE; TOAD;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141504135     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354700031000120116     Document Type: Review

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