Phospholipase A2 activity in three species of littoral freshwater rotifers exposed to several toxicants

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2349-2353

  Pérez Legaspi, Ignacio Alejandro ^a   Rico Martínez, Roberto ^a  

^a Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicology; Enzyme inhibition; Metal toxicity; Rotifera

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; FLUOROMETERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; TOXICITY;

ROTIFERS;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; TITANIUM; TOLUENE; VINYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLUOROMETRY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LECANE HAMATA; LECANE LUNA; LECANE QUADRIDENTATA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTIFERA; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METALS, HEAVY; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; ROTIFERA; SOLVENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; LECANE; LECANE HAMATA; LECANE LUNA; LECANE QUADRIDENTATA; ROTIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141513792     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-393     Document Type: Article

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