Substituted phenols as pollutants that affect membrane fluidity

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 733-738

  Nunes, Claudia ^a   Sousa, Celia ^a   Ferreira, Helena ^a   Lucio, Marlene ^a   Lima, Jose L F C ^a   Tavares, Joana ^b   Cordeiro da Silva, Anabela ^b   Reis, Salette ^a  

^a Campus Universitário de Santiago   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fluorescence anisotropy; Liposomes; Membrane fluidity; Phenols; Splenocytes

Indexed keywords

1,6 DIPHENYL 1,3,5 HEXATRIENE; 2 CHLOROPHENOL; 2 NITROPHENOL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4 DINITROPHENOL; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; DINITRO ORTHO CRESOL; LIPOSOME; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

BIOPHYSICS; MEMBRANE; MODELING; PATHOLOGY; PHENOL; POLLUTANT; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; FLUORESCENCE STEADY STATE ANISOTROPY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SPLEEN CELL;

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EID: 54549122482     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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