The oxidized state of the nanocomposite Carbo-Iron® causes no adverse effects on growth, survival and differential gene expression in zebrafish

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2015, Pages 198-208

  Weil, Mirco ^a   Meißner, Tobias ^b   Busch, Wibke ^c   Springer, Armin ^d   Kühnel, Dana ^c   Schulz, Ralf ^e   Duis, Karen ^a  

^a ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excretion; Fish toxicity; Groundwater remediation; Iron based nanocomposite; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; GROUNDWATER; IRON; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TESTING; TOXICITY;

DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSIONS; EXCRETION; FLOW-THROUGH SYSTEMS; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; IRON-BASED; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; UPTAKE;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBO IRON; GROUND WATER; IRON NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOMPOSITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHARCOAL; IRON; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXCRETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH RESPONSE; POLYMER; REMEDIATION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; HALOGENATION; HATCHING; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LETHALITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

DANIO RERIO; FUNGI;

ANIMALS; CHARCOAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON; NANOCOMPOSITES; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84930638270     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.087     Document Type: Article

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