Selenoneine, total selenium, and total mercury content in the muscle of fishes

Fisheries Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 679-686

  Yamashita, Yumiko ^a   Amlund, Heidi ^b   Suzuki, Tamami ^a   Hara, Tatsuro ^a   Hossain, Mohammed Anwar ^a   Yabu, Takeshi ^a   Touhata, Ken ^a   Yamashita, Michiaki ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fish; Food safety; Mercury; Muscle; Seafood; Selenium; Selenoneine

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; BERYCIDAE; COLOLABIS SAIRA; CONGER; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; EQUIDAE; GENYONEMUS LINEATUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; PISCES; SCOMBER JAPONICUS; SCOMBRIDAE; SPHYRAENA JAPONICA; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 79959906651     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-011-0360-9     Document Type: Article

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