Accumulation of dioxins and induction of cytochrome P450 1A4/1A5 enzyme activities in common cormorants from Lake Biwa, Japan: Temporal trends and validation of national regulation on dioxins emission

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 168, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-137

  Kubota, Akira ^a,b   Watanabe, Michio X ^a   Kim, Eun Young ^c   Yoneda, Kumiko ^d   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a   Iwata, Hisato ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common (great) cormorant; CYP1A; Dioxins; Temporal trend; Toxic equivalent (TEQ)

Indexed keywords

COMMON (GREAT) CORMORANT; CYP1A; DIOXINS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALKOXYRESORUFIN; BENZYLOXYRESORUFIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; CYTOCHROME P450 1A4; CYTOCHROME P450 1A5; DIOXIN; ETHOXYRESORUFIN; METHOXYRESORUFIN; PENTOXYRESORUFIN; RESORUFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYTOCHROME; DIOXIN; EMISSION CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEALKYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; SEABIRD; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; BENZOFURANS; BIRDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2B1; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; JAPAN; LAKES; LIVER; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

BIWA LAKE; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 84861151848     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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