Mercury species, selenium, metallothioneins and glutathione in two dolphins from the southeastern Brazilian coast: Mercury detoxification and physiological differences in diving capacity

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 213, Issue , 2016, Pages 785-792

  Kehrig, Helena A ^a,b   Hauser Davis, Rachel A ^c   Seixas, Tercia G ^b   Pinheiro, Ana Beatriz ^d   Di Beneditto, Ana Paula M ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Detoxification; Hg Se granules; Marine mammals; Oxidative stress; South Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DETOXIFICATION; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); MAMMALS; MUSCLE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDES; SELENIUM; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DETOXIFICATION PROCESS; MARINE MAMMALS; MOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE-ELEMENT EXPOSURES;

MERCURY (METAL);

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; SELENIUM; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; MERCURY-SELENIUM COMPLEX; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETOXIFICATION; DOLPHIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIVING; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INACTIVATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTHED WHALE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC COAST [BRAZIL]; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL;

MAMMALIA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; SOTALIA GUIANENSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BRAZIL; DIVING; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; INACTIVATION, METABOLIC; LIVER; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84961994400     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.03.041     Document Type: Article

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