Arsenic in the human food chain, biotransformation and toxicology - Review focusing on seafood arsenic

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 249-259

  Molin, Marianne ^a   Ulven, Stine Marie ^a   Meltzer, Helle Margrete ^b   Alexander, Jan ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biotransformation; Review; Seafood; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ARSENOBETAINE; ARSENOLIPID; ARSENOSUGAR; CACODYLIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; METHANEARSONIC ACID; METHYLARSENIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRIMETHYLARSINE OXIDE; TRIMETHYLARSONIOPROPIONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLADDER CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLON FLORA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOKING; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WASHING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; SKIN CANCER; URINARY EXCRETION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG INACTIVATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; METABOLISM;

ALGAE; MYTILUS EDULIS;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; BIOMARKERS; BIVALVIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INACTIVATION, METABOLIC; NUTRITION POLICY; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84929654268     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2015.01.010     Document Type: Review

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