Oxidative stress, genotoxicity and histopathology biomarker responses in mullet (Mugil cephalus) and sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) liver from Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-251

  Ben Ameur, Walid ^a   de Lapuente, Joaquin ^b   El Megdiche, Yassine ^a   Barhoumi, Badreddine ^a   Trabelsi, Souad ^a   Camps, Lydia ^b   Serret, Joan ^b   Ramos López, David ^b   Gonzalez Linares, Javier ^b   Driss, Mohamed Ridha ^a   Borràs, Miquel ^b  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^b Unit of Experimental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Bizerte Lagoon; Fish; Liver; Pollution; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEMS; BIOMARKER RESPONSE; BIZERTE LAGOON; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL LAGOONS; CONTAMINATED SITES; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; DNA DAMAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FISH SPECIES; GENOTOXIC; GENOTOXIC EFFECTS; GENOTOXICITIES; HEPATOCYTES; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEMBRANE DISRUPTION; POLLUTED SITES; POLLUTION IMPACT; POLLUTION SOURCES; REFERENCE SITES; SEA BASS; TOXICOLOGY; TUNISIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; LAKES; LIVER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTION;

BIOMARKERS;

CATALASE; DNA; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BIOMARKER; COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FINFISH; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; COASTAL WATERS; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAGOON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER METABOLISM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MUGIL CEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BASS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA DAMAGE; LIVER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SMEGMAMORPHA; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIZERTE; BIZERTE LAGOON; TUNISIA;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; MUGIL CEPHALUS; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 84856248153     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.026     Document Type: Article

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