Enzymatic biomarkers in the crab Carcinus maenas from the Minho River estuary (NW Portugal) exposed to zinc and mercury

Chemosphere

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1249-1255

  Elumalai, M ^a   Antunes, C ^a   Guilhermino, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Cholinesterase; Glutathione S transferases; Lactate dehydrogenase; Mercury; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DETOXIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; MERCURY (METAL); ZINC;

CARCINUS MAENAS; CHOLINESTERASE; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASES; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MERCURY; ZINC;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; DETOXIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; MERCURY (METAL); ZINC;

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRAB; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TOXICITY; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DETOXIFICATION; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTUARY; EYE; HEPATOPANCREAS; MALE; MUSCLE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROBABILITY; RIVER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MINHO RIVER; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33845220701     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.07.030     Document Type: Article

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