Tissue distribution, isozyme abundance and sensitivity to chlorpyrifos-oxon of carboxylesterases in the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 264-272

  Sanchez Hernandez, Juan C ^a   Wheelock, Craig E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Carboxylesterases; Chlorpyrifos oxon; Earthworm; Pesticide metabolising enzymes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BIOMARKERS; COLLOIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUBSTRATES;

AGRO-CHEMICALS; CARBOXYLESTERASES; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHLORPYRIFOS-OXON; EARTHWORM; ESTERASE ACTIVITIES; FIELD EXPOSURES; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ISOFORMS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; ORGANO-PHOSPHATES; PESTICIDE EXPOSURES; PRACTICAL ISSUES; REPRODUCTIVE TISSUES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS;

TISSUE;

CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS; ISOENZYME;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; CHLORPYRIFOS; EARTHWORM; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIELD METHOD; INHIBITION; METABOLISM; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INSECTICIDES; OLIGOCHAETA; PHOSPHORIC TRIESTER HYDROLASES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 56449087714     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.06.041     Document Type: Article

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