Lipid composition of Chlorella vulgaris (Trebouxiophyceae) as a function of different cadmium and phosphate concentrations

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 128-129, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-182

  Chia, Mathias Ahii ^a,b   Lombardi, Ana Teresa ^a   Melão, Maria da Graça G ^a   Parrish, Christopher C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Fatty acids; Lipid class; Microalgae; Nutrients; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

ACETONE MOBILE POLAR LIPID; CADMIUM; FATTY ACID; LIPID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FATTY ACID; GREEN ALGA; LIPID; MEMBRANE; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHATE; SATURATION;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; PHOSPHATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84872018709     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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