Intracellular conversion of environmental nitrate and nitrite to nitric oxide with resulting developmental toxicity to the crustacean Daphnia magna

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Hannas, Bethany R ^b   Das, Parikshit C ^a   Li, Hong ^a   leblanc, Gerald A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; ECDYSTEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DROSOPHILA; ECOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; INSECT CELL; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTION; RISK;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DAPHNIA; DROSOPHILA; ECDYSTEROIDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; REPRODUCTION; RISK;

EID: 77957894396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012453     Document Type: Article

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