Acetylcholinesterase activities in marine snail (Cronia contracta) as a biomarker of neurotoxic contaminants along the Goa coast, West coast of India

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-358

  Gaitonde, D ^a   Sarkar, A ^a   Kaisary, S ^a   Silva, C D ^a   Dias, C ^a   Rao, D P ^a   Ray, D ^a   Nagarajan, R ^a   De Sousa, S N ^a   Sarker, Subhodeep ^b   Patill, D ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase activity; Biomarker of pollution; Cadmium; Copper; Cronia contracta; Lead; Marine snails; Neurotoxic substances; PHC

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; HYDROCARBON; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NEUROTOXIN; PETROLEUM;

BIOMARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT; SAMPLING; SNAIL; TOXIC MATERIAL;

CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRONIA CONTRACTA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; INDUSTRY; METALS, HEAVY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SNAILS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CRONIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 33745444979     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-006-0075-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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