Glutathione related enzyme levels of freshwater fish as bioindicators of pollution

Environmentalist

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-322

  Hamed, R R ^a   Farid, N M ^a   Elowa, Sh E ^b   Abdalla, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Clarias lazera; Fish; Glutathione; Oreochromis niloticus; Peroxidase; Pollution; Reductase; Transferase

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

AFRICA; NILE RIVER;

CLARIAS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 3442881983     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENVR.0000031409.09024.cc     Document Type: Article

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