The applicability of acetylcholinesterase and glutathione S-transferase in Daphnia magna toxicity test

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-309

  Jemec, Anita ^a   Drobne, Damjana ^b   Tišler, Tatjana ^a   Trebše, Polonca ^c   Roš, Milenko ^a   Sepčić, Kristina ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE); Cadmium; Diazinon; Glutathione S transferase (GST); Hexavalent chromium; Standard toxicity test

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; DIMPYLATE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 33846620237     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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