The role of metabolism in the toxicity of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and its degradation products to the aquatic amphipod Hyalella azteca

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-46

  Sims, Jerre G ^a   Steevens, Jeffery A ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Napthoflavone; 1; 2; 2 ADNT; 3; 4 ADNT; 4 DANT; 5 TNB; Bioaccumulation; Clotrimazole; Hyalella azteca; Metabolism; TNT

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,4 DIAMINO 6 NITROTOLUENE; 4 AMINO 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CYTOCHROME P450; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIPOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOACTIVITY; DEGRADATION; METABOLISM; REMEDIATION; TOLUENE; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; HYALELLA AZTECA; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BETA-NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HYALELLA AZTECA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 40849120199     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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