Ecotoxicity of pristine graphene to marine organisms

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-145

  Pretti, Carlo ^a   Oliva, Matteo ^a   Pietro, Roberta Di ^a   Monni, Gianfranca ^a   Cevasco, Giorgio ^b   Chiellini, Federica ^a   Pomelli, Christian ^a   Chiappe, Cinzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artemia Salina; Dunaliella tertiolecta; Graphene; Oxidative stress; Toxicity; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GRAPHENE NANOPOWDER GRADE C1; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; PRISTINE GRAPHENE; PRISTINE GRAPHENE MONOLAYER FLAKE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOMARKER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAPHITE; GROWTH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ARTEMIA SALINA; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT GROWTH; TOXICITY TESTING;

ARTEMIA SALINA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; GRAPHENE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TOXICITY; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARTEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYTA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GRAPHITE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893184513     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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