Chromium induced stress conditions in heterotrophic and auxotrophic strains of Euglena gracilis

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 147-154

  Rocchetta, Iara ^a,b   Mazzuca, Marcia ^c   Conforti, Visitación ^a,b   Balzaretti, Vilma ^c   de Molina, María del Carmen Ríos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense; Euglena gracilis; Hexavalent chromium; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; CHROMIUM; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; HETEROTROPHY; LIPID; PARAMETERIZATION;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; HETEROTROPHY; IC 50; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FATTY ACIDS; GLUTATHIONE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EUGLENA GRACILIS;

EID: 84865584054     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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