Effect of arsenic (AsIII) on glutathione-dependent enzymes in liver and kidney of the freshwater fish Channa punctatus

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-48

  Allen, Tanu ^a   Rana, S V S ^a  

^a CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fish; Kidney; Liver; Phase II enzymes

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CATALASE; ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; OXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; FISH; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GILL; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PERCIFORMES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHANNA; CHANNA PUNCTATUS;

ANIMALS; ARSENICALS; CATALASE; GILLS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLES; OXIDES; PERCIFORMES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 4043065644     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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