Detoxification mechanism of heavy metals in marine mammals and seabirds: Interaction of selenium with mercury, silver, copper, zinc, and cadmium in liver

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 402-413

  Ikemoto, T ^a   Kunito, T ^b   Tanaka, H ^c   Baba, N ^d   Miyazaki, N ^e   Tanabe, S ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SILVER; ZINC;

DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; MARINE MAMMAL; SEABIRD; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DETOXIFICATION; LIVER CELL NUCLEUS; LIVER CYTOSOL; LIVER LYSOSOME; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; SEAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; PORPOISES; SEALS, EARLESS; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PHOCOENIDAE; PHOCOENOIDES DALLI;

EID: 4644295952     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-3188-9     Document Type: Article

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