Antioxidant enzymes activity during acute toxicity of chromium and cadmium to Channa marulius and Wallago attu

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1117-1123

  Batool, Moazama ^a   Abdullah, Sajid ^a   Abbas, Khalid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Antioxidant enzymes; Bioaccumulation; Fish; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920043968     PISSN: 05529034     EISSN: 20760906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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