The effect of paraquat on hepatic EROD activity, liver, and gonadal histology in males and females of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, exposed at different temperatures

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 626-632

  Figueiredo Fernandes, A ^a   Fontainhas Fernandes A ^a,b   Rocha, E ^c,d   Reis Henriques, M A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; PARAQUAT;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME; FISH; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL VACUOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISH; GENDER; GONAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; FEMALE; GONADS; LIVER; MALE; PARAQUAT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 33750055531     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0208-3     Document Type: Article

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