Toxic levels of selenium in enzymes and selenium uptake in tissues of a marine fish

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-106

  Tallandini, Laura ^a   Cecchi, Rodolfo ^b   De Boni, Silvia ^a   Galassini, Silvio ^c   Ghermandi, Grazia ^b   Gialanella, Giancarlo ^d   Liu, Nianqing ^e,f   Moro, Renata ^d   Turchetto, Margherita ^a   Zhang, Yuanxung ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^h Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research AcademiaSinica   (China)

Author keywords

50 lethal time and lethal dose; effect on Cyt, P450; fish; Se GPx and total GPx enzymes; Se tissue contents; Selenium toxicity

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL BALANCE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; CHANNA; ZOSTERISESSOR OPHIOCEPHALUS;

EID: 9044244134     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02790152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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