Mercury-Selenium relationships in liver of Guiana Dolphin: The possible role of Kupffer cells in the detoxification process by Tiemannite formation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Lailson Brito, José ^a,b   Cruz, Renato ^c   Dorneles, Paulo Renato ^a,b   Andrade, Leonardo ^b   Azevedo, Alexandre de Freitas ^a   Fragoso, Ana Bernadete ^a,d   Vidal, Lara Gama ^a   Costa, Marianna Badini ^b   Bisi, Tatiana Lemos ^a   Almeida, Ronaldo ^e   Carvalho, Dario Pires ^e   Bastos, Wanderley Rodrigues ^e   Malm, Olaf ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM; TIEMANNITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEMETHYLATION; DETOXIFICATION; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; FETUS; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SOTALIA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 84864420163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042162     Document Type: Article

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