Total and organic mercury, selenium and α-tocopherol in some deep-water fish species

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2543-2550

  Afonso, Cláudia ^a,b   Lourenço, Helena M ^a   Pereira, Cátia ^a   Martins, Maria F ^a   Carvalho, Maria L ^c   Castro, Matilde ^b   Nunes, Maria L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AAS; Antioxidants; EDXRF; Fish; HPLC; Total and organic mercury

Indexed keywords

APHANOPUS CARBO; HELICOLENUS DACTYLOPTERUS; LEPIDORHOMBUS; LOPHIUS;

EID: 55549128245     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3379     Document Type: Article

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