Environmental pollution of heavy metals as a cause of oxidative stress in fish: A review

Life Science Journal

Volumn 10, Issue SPL.ISSUE10, 2013, Pages 336-347

  Mahboob, Shahid ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defence; Environmental pollutants; Fish; Glutathion; Heavy metals; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885096944     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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