Oxidative stress indicators and trace elements in the blue shark (Prionace glauca) off the east coast of the Mexican Pacific Ocean

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 59-66

  Barrera García, Angélica ^a   O'Hara, Todd ^b   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^c   Méndez Rodríguez, Lía C ^a   Castellini, J Margaret ^b   Zenteno Savín, Tania ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Blue shark; Maturity status; Oxidative stress; Sex differences; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; COPPER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUE SHARK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHARK;

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA;

EID: 84862853632     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: 18781659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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