Differential responses to Cr(VI)-induced oxidative stress between Cr-tolerant and wild-type strains of Scenedesmus acutus (Chlorophyceae)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-139

  Gorbi, Gessica ^a   Torricelli, Elena ^a   Pawlik Skowrońska, Barbara ^b   Toppi, Luigi Sanità di ^a   Zanni, Corrado ^a   Corradi, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Algae; Chromium tolerance; Free cysteine; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CHROMIUM; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; SULFATE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

CHROMIUM; GREEN ALGA; LIPID; MEMBRANE; TOLERANCE;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMIUM; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SCENEDESMUS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; SCENEDESMUS ACUTUS;

EID: 33746332026     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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