Changes in metabolic enzymes, cortisol and glucose concentrations of Beluga (Huso huso) exposed to dietary methylmercury

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 485-493

  Gharaei, Ahmad ^a   Ghaffari, Mostafa ^a   Keyvanshokooh, Saeed ^b   Akrami, Reza ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^b KHORRAMSHAHR UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beluga (Huso huso); Caspian Sea; Metabolic enzyme; Methylmercury (MeHg); Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET; ENZYMES; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE; LIVER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DELPHINAPTERUS; HUSO HUSO;

EID: 79961000345     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-010-9450-3     Document Type: Article

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