Oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymes in liver and white muscle of Nile tilapia juveniles in chronic ammonia exposure

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-125

  Hegazi, Mona M ^a   Attia, Zeinab I ^a   Ashour, Omeyma A ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Glutamyl cysteinyl synthetase; Glutamyl transpeptidase; Aldehyde oxidase; Antioxidant enzymes; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; AMMONIA; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE; ENZYME;

ALDEHYDE; AMMONIA; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMARKER; CICHLID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; JUVENILE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FAST MUSCLE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; ANIMAL; CICHLID; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYMOLOGY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; LIVER; METABOLISM; TOXICITY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYMES; LIVER; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 77955551022     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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