Metal, metallothionein and glutathione levels in blue crab (Callinectes sp.) specimens from southeastern Brazil

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-60

  Lavradas, Raquel Teixeira ^a   Hauser Davis, Rachel Ann ^a   Lavandier, Ricardo Cavalcanti ^a   Rocha, Rafael Christian Chávez ^a   Saint' Pierre, Tatiana D ^a   Seixas, Tércia ^a   Kehrig, Helena Amaral ^b   Moreira, Isabel ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blue crab; Metal transfer; Metallothionein; Metals; Oxidative Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; LEAD; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; CRAB; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHYURA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INACTIVATION; GILL; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; OOCYTE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOXICITY;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHYURA; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GILLS; GLUTATHIONE; INACTIVATION, METABOLIC; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; OVUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84901784821     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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