Physiological studies on tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus) as influenced by the cyanobacterial toxins microcystin

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1226-1230

  Al Kahtani, M A ^a   Fathi, A A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Microcystin; Tilapia; Toxins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CATALASE; MICROCYSTIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES ANALYSIS; LIVER LEVEL; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TARGET ORGAN; TILAPIA; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 63749095428     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.1226.1230     Document Type: Article

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