Major and minor arsenic compounds accounting for the total urinary excretion of arsenic following intake of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis): A controlled human study

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2462-2472

  Molin, M ^a,b   Ydersbond, T A ^c   Ulven, S M ^a   Holck, M ^a   Dahl, L ^d   Sloth, J J ^d,e   Fliegel, D ^d   Goessler, W ^f   Alexander, J ^g   Meltzer, H M ^g  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f Institute for Chemistry Analytical Chemistry   (Austria)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic speciation; Blue mussels; Dietary intervention; Human; Thio arsenicals

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOBETAINE; ARSENOCHOLINE; CACODYLIC ACID; DIMETHYLARSENOBUTANATE; DIMETHYLARSENOETHANOL; DIMETHYLARSINITE; METHANEARSONIC ACID; METHYLARSONITE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; TETRAMETHYLARSONIUM ION; THIO ARSENOSUGAR GLYCEROL; THIO ARSENOSUGAR PHOSPHATE; THIO DIMETHYLARSENOACETATE; THIO DIMETHYLARSENOBUTANATE; THIO DIMETHYLARSENOETHANOL; THIO DIMETHYLARSENOPROPIONATE; THIO DIMETHYLARSINATE; TRIMETHYLARSINE OXIDE; TRIMETHYLARSINE SULFIDE; TRIMETHYLARSONIOPROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSSEL; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIVALVIA; HUMANS;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 84861446109     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.04.026     Document Type: Article

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