Metal accumulation and antioxidant enzyme activity in C. gariepinus, Catfish, and O. mossambicus, tilapia, collected from lower Mguza and Wright Dams, Zimbabwe

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 648-651

  Siwela, A H ^a   Nyathi, C B ^a   Naik, Y S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; C. gariepinus; Heavy metals; O. mossambicus

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; C. GARIEPINUS; CATALASE ACTIVITY; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METAL ACCUMULATION; METAL LEVELS; O. MOSSAMBICUS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; ZIMBABWE;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSTS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; FISH; HEAVY METALS; LIVER; MEATS; METALS; MUSCLE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SELENIUM;

DAMS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CATALASE; COPPER; DIPHOSPHOTRIPHOSHODIAPHORASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IRON; LEAD; LIVER ENZYME; MALONALDEHYDE; NICKEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER LEVEL; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTION; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; CATFISHES; GILLS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; KIDNEY; LIVER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TILAPIA; ZIMBABWE;

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 70349959909     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9861-y     Document Type: Article

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