Morphofunctional evidence of changes in principal and mitochondria-rich cells in the epidermis of the frog Rana kl. esculenta living in a polluted habitat

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 690-702

  Fenoglio, C ^a   Grosso, A ^a   Boncompagni, E ^a   Milanesi, G ^a   Gandini, C ^a   Barni, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CADMIUM; CATALASE; ENDOSULFAN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; KERATIN; LEAD; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NONSPECIFIC ESTERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FROG; HABITAT; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MITOCHONDRION; PLASTICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SKIN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; EPIDERMIS; FROG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGUMENT; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MITOCHONDRION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RANA ESCULENTA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750062250     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0245-y     Document Type: Article

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