Pesticide/herbicide pollutants in the Kafue river and a preliminary investigation into their biological effect through catalase levels in fish

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 119-128

  Syakalima, Michelo ^a   Choongo, Kennedy ^a   Mwenechanya, Roy ^a   Wepener, Victor ^b   Yamasaki, Masahiro ^c   Maede, Yoshimitsu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalase; Kafue River; Pesticides; Zambia

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALLETHRIN; ATRAZINE; CAMPHECLOR; CATALASE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CIPERMETHRIN; DICOFOL; DIELDRIN; DISULFOTON; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HERBICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; TERBUFOS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33846104641     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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