Histopathological responses of the gill and liver tissues of Clarias gariepinus fingerlings to the herbicide, glyphosate

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2480-2487

  Olurin, K B ^a   Olojo, E A A ^a   Mbaka, G O ^a   Akindele, A T ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Clarias gariepinus; Gill; Glyphosate; Histopathology; Liver

Indexed keywords

GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; NONHUMAN;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 33846297306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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