Toxicological assessment of chemicals using caenorhabditis elegans and optical oxygen respirometry

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 791-799

  Schouest, Katherine ^a   Zitova, Alice ^b   Spillane, Charles ^a   Papkovsky, Dmitri B ^b  

^a BioSciences Institute   (Ireland)

^b Biophysics and Bioanalysis Lab   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Optical oxygen respirometry; Oxygen consumption; Quenched fluorescence oxygen sensing; Toxicity screening assay

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGIES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELEGANS; HIGH THROUGHPUTS; LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS; METABOLIC STATE; OPTICAL OXYGEN RESPIROMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUENCHED FLUORESCENCE OXYGEN SENSING; RESPIRATION RATES; TIME FRAMES; TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS; TOXICOLOGY SCREENINGS;

ANIMALS; ASSAYS; FLUORESCENCE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; OXYGEN SENSORS; TOXICITY;

OXYGEN;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CADMIUM; PARAOXON; PHENOL; ROTENONE; ZINC ION;

ASSAY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL OXYGEN RESPIROMETRY; OXYGEN SENSING; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY; SCREENING TEST; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROCYSTINS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAOXON; PHENOLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTENONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 64849108592     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-083.1     Document Type: Article

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