Ecotoxicological effects and mechanism of CuO nanoparticles to individual organisms

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 221, Issue , 2017, Pages 209-217

  Hou, Jing ^a   Wang, Xiangxue ^a,b   Hayat, Tasawar ^c   Wang, Xiangke ^a,b,c  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions ^*  (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CuO nanoparticles; Mechanism; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; MECHANISMS; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

COORDINATION EFFECTS; COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; CUO NANOPARTICLES; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; TOXICITY MECHANISMS;

COPPER OXIDES;

COPPER; COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; CUPROUS OXIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLLUTANT;

ALGA; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MICROORGANISM; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TOXICITY; VERTEBRATE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPOSURE; INVERTEBRATE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT; TOXICITY; VERTEBRATE; DRUG EFFECTS; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 85008403729     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.066     Document Type: Article

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