Toxicity of copper in butterfish (Poronotus triacanthus): Tissues accumulation and ultrastructural changes

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-100

  Jiraungkoorskul, Wannee ^a   Sahaphong, Somphong ^a   Kangwanrangsan, Niwat ^a  

^a Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Butterfish; Copper; Poronotus triacanthus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROORGANISMS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

BUTTERFISH; PORONOTUS TRIACANTHUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COPPER;

COPPER; FAT DROPLET;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; MORPHOLOGY; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGENERATION; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GILL; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; LYSOSOME; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; NONHUMAN; PORONOTUS TRIACANTHUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; COPPER; GILLS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTES; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLES; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIAREUS; TRIACANTHUS;

EID: 33847177318     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20238     Document Type: Article

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