Methylmercury extraction from artificial sediments by the gut juice of the sipunculan, Sipunculus nudus

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-145

  Zhong, Huan ^a   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Bioavailability; Methylmercury; Protein; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; CLAY; PROTEINS; SEDIMENTS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN (BSA); METHYLMERCURY;

MERCURY (METAL);

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CYSTEINE; FULVIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HUMIC ACID; IRON OXIDE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MANGANESE OXIDE; METHIONINE; METHYLMERCURY; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; SILICON DIOXIDE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID; BIOAVAILABILITY; INVERTEBRATE; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE; METAL BINDING; METAL EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BODY FLUIDS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEMATODA; PROTEINS; RESEARCH;

BOVINAE; SIPUNCULUS NUDUS;

EID: 38049008418     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-049.1     Document Type: Article

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