Sublethal toxicity of carbofuran pesticide on the African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822): Hematological, biochemical and cytogenetic response

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-67

  Harabawy, Ahmed S A ^a,b   Ibrahim, Ahmed Th A ^c  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carbofuran; Clarias; Genotoxicity; Haematology; Micronuclei; Sublethal

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOFURAN; CREATININE; GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; PROTEIN; UREA;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINDICATOR; CARBOFURAN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENOTOXICITY; HEMATOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TELEOST;

ACANTHOCYTOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ECHINOCYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GENOTOXICITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; LETHALITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

CLARIAS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

CARBOFURAN; CLARIAS; GENOTOXICITY; HAEMATOLOGY; MICRONUCLEI; SUBLETHAL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOFURAN; CATFISHES; CYTOGENETICS; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; LIPIDS; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896707704     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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