Effects of the herbicide atrazine in neotropical catfish (Rhamdia quelen)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-21

  Mela, M ^a   Guiloski, I C ^a   Doria, H B ^a   Randi, M A F ^a   De Oliveira Ribeiro, C A ^a   Pereira, L ^a   Maraschi, A C ^a   Prodocimo, V ^a   Freire, C A ^a   Silva de Assis, H C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute exposure; Atrazine; Rhamdia quelen; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ATRAZINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CATALASE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MAGNESIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ATRAZINE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; OSMOREGULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CATFISH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FATTY LIVER; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MACROPHAGE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MELANOMACROPHAGE; MUSCLE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATORY FUNCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAVEMENT CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHAMDIA QUELEN; STOMACH CHLORIDE CELL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BRAZIL; CATALASE; CATFISHES; FRESH WATER; GILLS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HERBICIDES; LIVER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL;

RHAMDIA QUELEN;

EID: 84878616117     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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