Histopathological effects of hexavalent chromium in the ovary of a fresh water fish, Channa punctatus (Bloch)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 507-511

  Mishra, Ashish Kumar ^a   Mohanty, Banalata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Channa punctatus; Hexavalent chromium; Ovarian histopathology

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MEDIA; CHANNA PUNCTATUS; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; CR(SALEN); CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS; FRESH WATERS; HEPATOCELLULAR; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM (CRVI); HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; SPRINGER (CO); VACUOLIZATION;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM PLATING; FISH; METALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; VEGETATION; WATER;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; CHANNA PUNCTATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DISEASE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TELEOST; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMIUM; FEMALE; FISHES; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; HEPATOCYTES; OOCYTES; OVARY; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; TOXICITY TESTS; VACUOLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHANNA PUNCTATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 46249091926     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9406-9     Document Type: Article

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