Biochemical Responses to Heavy Metals in Oreochromis mossambicus with special reference to Metal Detoxifying Mechanism
Year: 1995
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The present work is focused on the organelle and\nbiochemical responses to heavy metal exposure in the fish\nOreochromis mossambicus giving particular importance to the\nmetal detoxifying machinery of the organism. The thesis is an\noutcome of the effort aimed at developing practicable monitoring\ntechniques to deliver guidelines for biological effect\nmonitoring and the need for specific biochemical methods to\ndetect biological effects of heavy metals that can be\ninterpreted in terms of the health status of the individual\norganism and eventually alterations in vital processes as growth\nand reproduction. The efficiency of the metal detoxifying\nmetallothioneins which is an attractive tool for biological\nmonitoring, their role as scavengers of trace metal ions and\nthus in relieving the biological machinery from their toxicity\neffects are important themes of this study. Efforts have also\nbeen made to test the reliability of the spill over hypothesis\nof the action of metallothioneins (Winge et a1.,1973) and their\nuse as a biological barometer of heavy metal stress.
Authors: L. P. Rema, Philip Babu
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1513440773