The effects of selenium on oxidative stress biomarkers in the freshwater characid fish matrinxã, Brycon cephalus (Günther, 1869) exposed to organophosphate insecticide Folisuper 600 BR® (methyl parathion)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-49

  Monteiro, Diana Amaral ^a   Rantin, Francisco Tadeu ^a   Kalinin, Ana Lúcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Brycon cephalus; Lipid peroxidation; Matrinx ; Methyl parathion; Organophosphate; Oxidative stress; Reduced glutathione; Selenium

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FRESH WATER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PARATHION METHYL; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRYCON CEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FISH; GILL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BRYCON CEPHALUS; CHARACIDAE;

EID: 56949104466     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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