Polysaccharides as a protective response against microcystin-induced oxidative stress in Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus quadricauda and their possible significance in the aquatic ecosystem

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 504-516

  Mohamed, Zakaria A ^a,b  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Microcystins; Oxidative stress; Protective response; Scenedesmus

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MICROCYSTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SULFATE;

ADAPTATION; ANTIOXIDANT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMARKER; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; OXIDATION; PEPTIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SULFATE; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALGAL GROWTH; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREEN ALGA; INCUBATION TIME; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCENEDESMUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROCYSTINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SCENEDESMUS;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS QUADRICAUDA;

EID: 45849117971     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-008-0204-2     Document Type: Article

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