Use of Biochemical Markers for the Assessment of Organic Pollutant Contamination of the Vltava river, Czech Republic

• Authors: HAVELKOVÁ Marcela; SLATINSKÁ Iveta; ŠIROKÁ Zuzana; BLAHOVÁ Jana; KRIJT Jan; RANDÁK Tomáš; ŽLÁBEK Vladimír; HARUŠTIAKOVÁ Danka; JARKOVSKÝ Jiří; SVOBODOVÁ Zdeňka
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Acta Veterinaria Brno
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Air pollution and control
• Keywords: Cytochrome P450; EROD; GST; GSH; Leuciscus cephalus; river pollution
• Description: In this study, selected biochemical markers - cytochrome P450, ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase, glutathione S-transferase and glutathione - were measured in chub liver samples obtained from three locations on the Vltava river.

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