Oxidative stress in earthworms short- and long-term exposed to highly Hg-contaminated soils

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 194, Issue , 2011, Pages 135-143

  Colacevich, Andrea ^a   Sierra, María J ^b   Borghini, Francesca ^c   Millán, Rocio ^b   Sanchez Hernandez, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glutathione redox; Integrated biomarker responses; Lumbricus terrestris; Mercury; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT DEFENCE; BIOMARKER INDEX; BIOMARKER RESPONSE; COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; INTEGRATED BIOMARKER RESPONSES; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; METALLOTHIONEINS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONCENTRATIONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REDOX CYCLES; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE;

BIOMARKERS; MERCURY (METAL); MOLECULAR OXYGEN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MORTALITY; MUSCLE; PEPTIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MERCURY; OLIGOCHAETA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 80053928975     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.07.091     Document Type: Article

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