Field and laboratory studies on pathological and biochemical characterization of microcystin-induced liver and kidney damage in the phytoplanktivorous bighead carp

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 121-137

  Li, Li ^a,b   Xie, Ping ^a   Guo, Longgen ^a   Ke, Zhixin ^a   Zhou, Qiong ^a   Liu, Yaqin ^a   Qiu, Tong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kidney; Large fish pen; Liver; Microcystin; Microcystis blooms; Pathological and biochemical characterizations; Phytoplanktivorous bighead carp

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; MICROCYSTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMANIPULATION; CARP; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTAMINATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD STUDY; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER STRUCTURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CARPS; CATALASE; CHINA; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SEASONS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 39449083530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2008.32     Document Type: Article

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