Histophysiological responses in ovary and liver of Cyprinus carpio after short term exposure to safe concentration of mercuric chloride and recovery pattern

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-403

  Masud, Sahar ^a   Singh, I J ^a   Ram, R N ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cyprinus carpio; Liver; Mercuric chloride; Ovary; Recovery; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; TOXICITY;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; VITELLOGENESIS; WATER POLLUTION;

CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 65649141999     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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