Increased formation of carcinogenic PAH metabolites in fish promoted by nitrite

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 174-177

  Shailaja, M S ^a   Rajamanickam, Rani ^a   Wahidulla, Solimabi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Bile metabolites; Coastal waters; Fish; Nitrite; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BILE METABOLITES; COASTAL WATERS; FISH; NITRITE (NO2);

BACTERIA; CARCINOGENS; CHEMICAL WASTES; COASTAL ZONES; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARCINOGEN; CYTOCHROME P450; NITRITE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

FISH; FLUORESCENCE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MARINE POLLUTION; NITRITE; PAH;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COASTAL WATERS; DENITRIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR PROBE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BILE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIVER; NITRITES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 33646397024     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.10.043     Document Type: Article

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