Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), liver morphology, CYP1A activity and thyroid hormones after Endosulfan dietary exposure

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-236

  Coimbra, Ana Maria ^a,b   Figueiredo Fernandes, António ^c,d   Reis Henriques, Maria Armanda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CYP1A; Endosulfan; Eosinophil granular cell; EROD; Liver; Melanomacrophages; Thyroid hormones; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 34548813081     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: 10959939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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