Toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles in the earthworm, Eisenia fetida and subcellular fractionation of Zn

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1098-1104

  Li, Lian Zhen ^a   Zhou, Dong Mei ^a   Peijnenburg, Willie J G M ^b,c   van Gestel, Cornelis A M ^d   Jin, Sheng Yang ^a   Wang, Yu Jun ^a   Wang, Peng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme activity; Nanoparticle suspension stability; Nanoparticle toxicity; ZnO nanoparticle dissolution

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CYTOLOGY; DEIONIZED WATER; DISSOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; NANOPARTICLES; PAPER; POLYSACCHARIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; NANOPARTICLE TOXICITY; SUBCELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONATION; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

TOXICITY;

AGAR; CATALASE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMIC ACID; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; DISPERSION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DISPERSION; ECOTOXICITY; EISENIA FETIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 79958758991     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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