Selenium induces the demethylation of mercury in marine fish

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 231, Issue , 2017, Pages 1543-1551

  Wang, Xun ^a,b   Wang, Wen Xiong ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HKUST SHENZHEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Hg Se interaction; Marine fish; MeHg demethylation; PBPK modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; FISH; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS; BIOKINETICS; DEMETHYLATION; HG-SELENIA INTERACTION; IN-VIVO; MARINE FISH; MEHG DEMETHYLATION; MERCURIES (HG); METHYLMERCURY; PHYSIOLOGICALLY BASED PHARMACOKINETIC MODELS;

SELENIUM;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; MODELING; SELENIUM;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ELIMINATION PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOKINETIC PARAMETERS; PHYSIOLOGICALLY BASED PHARMACOKINETIC MODEL; SEA BREAM; SIMULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INTERACTION; KINETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII; SPONDYLIOSOMA CANTHARUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEMETHYLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; KINETICS; LIVER; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PERCIFORMES; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85029523794     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.09.014     Document Type: Article

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