Evaluation of the gill filament-based EROD assay in African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) as a monitoring tool for waterborne PAH-type contaminants

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-59

  Mdegela, Robinson ^a   Myburgh, Jan ^b   Correia, Dacia ^c   Braathen, Marte ^d   Ejobi, Francis ^e   Botha, Christo ^b   Sandvik, Morten ^f   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^d,f  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

African catfish; Benzo a pyrene; Biomarkers; Clarias gariepinus; Gill and liver EROD assay

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BILIVERDIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ETHOXYRESORUFIN; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RESORUFIN;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; FISH; PAH;

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BILE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GILL; LIVER; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BILE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATFISHES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GILLS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER; MALE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 33644867731     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-005-0041-5     Document Type: Article

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