Toxicity of synthetic naphthenic acids and mixtures of these to fish liver cells

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5143-5150

  Tollefsen, Knut Erik ^a   Petersen, Karina ^a,b   Rowland, Steven J ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADDITIVITY; CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; COMBINED TOXICITY; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CONCENTRATION ADDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; HEPATOCYTES; INDEPENDENT ACTION; LIVER CELLS; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; MIXTURE CONCENTRATION; MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURE; NAPHTHENIC ACID; NATURAL MIXTURES; OIL EXPLORATION; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PRIMARY CULTURE; RAINBOW TROUT; TOXIC EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST; WOOD PRESERVATIVES;

MIXTURES; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

TOXICITY;

AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; NAPHTHENIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; EXPLORATION; INHIBITION; MEMBRANE; NAPHTHALENE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALMONID; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL INDUSTRY; RAINBOW TROUT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLS, CULTURED; HEPATOCYTES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 84860486833     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204124w     Document Type: Article

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