Acute and chronic toxicity of tetrabromobisphenol A to three aquatic species under different pH conditions

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-154

  He, Qun ^a   Wang, Xinghao ^a   Sun, Ping ^a   Wang, Zunyao ^a   Wang, Liansheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Aquatic organisms; Oxidative stress; PH; Tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; HISTOLOGY; PH; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; TOXICOLOGY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIMNODRILUS HOFFMEISTERI; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; ANNELID; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECTS; GOLDFISH; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; DAPHNIA MAGNA; LIMNODRILUS HOFFMEISTERI;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; BIOMARKERS; DAPHNIA; GILLS; GOLDFISH; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIVER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84938514349     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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