Biotransformation of PCBs in relation to phase I and II xenobiotic-metabolizing enzyme activities in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from Svalbard and the Baltic Sea

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 8952-8958

  Routti, Heli ^a,b   Letcher, Robert J ^c   Arukwe, Augustine ^d   Van Bavel, Bert ^e   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^f   Chu, Shaogang ^c   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSTS; CHLORINE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; PROTEINS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SYSTEM THEORY;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BALTIC SEAS; CORRELATION ANALYSES; DEALKYLATION; DEMETHYLATION; GLUTATHIONE; HEPATIC ENZYMES; MONOOXYGENASES; PHASE I; PHASE II; RINGED SEALS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH IMPACT; METABOLISM; PCB; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; SEAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; WATER CONTAMINATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, PHASE I; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, PHASE II; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOCA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SVALBARD; XENOBIOTICS;

PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 57449093165     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801682f     Document Type: Article

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