Liver alterations in two freshwater fish species (Carassius auratus and Danio rerio) following exposure to different TiO2 nanoparticle concentrations

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1131-1140

  Diniz, Mário S ^a   De Matos, António P Alves ^b,c   Lourenço, Joana ^a   Castro, Luísa ^d   Peres, Isabel ^d   Mendonça, Elsa ^e   Picado, Ana ^e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

^b Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central HCC ^*  (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

fish; histopathology; liver; nanoparticles; titanium dioxide; ultra structural changes

Indexed keywords

CARASSIUS AURATUS; DANIO RERIO;

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; NANOPARTICLE; PEROXIDASE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLDFISH; LIVER; LIVER CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GOLDFISH; HEPATOCYTES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOPARTICLES; PEROXIDASE; TITANIUM; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84884555597     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927613013238     Document Type: Article

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