Arsenic accumulation in livers of pinnipeds, seabirds and sea turtles: Subcellular distribution and interaction between arsenobetaine and glycine betaine

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-296

  Fujihara, Junko ^a,b   Kunito, Takashi ^a,c   Kubota, Reiji ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenobetaine; Glycine betaine; Marine mammals; Osmolyte; Sea turtles; Seabirds; Subcellular distribution; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE; BETAINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LIVER; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEABIRD; SEAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; LARUS; LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS; MAMMALIA; MYDAS; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PUSA; PUSA HISPIDA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0842281348     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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