Arsenic induced toxicity and histopathological changes in gill and liver tissue of freshwater fish, tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 903-909

  Ahmed, Md Kawser ^a   Habibullah Al Mamun, Md ^a   Parvin, Elora ^a   Akter, Mosammat Salma ^b   Khan, Mohammad Shahneawz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity test; Arsenic; Histopathology; Oreochromis mossambicus

Indexed keywords

ARSENITE SODIUM;

ANEURYSM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; EDEMA; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LC 50; LIVER CELL; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SINUSOID; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MACROPHAGE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TEST; ARSENIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

ANIMALS; ARSENITES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRESH WATER; GILLS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; NECROSIS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 84880046281     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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