Toxicity of selenium to developing Xenopus laevis embryos
Journal Article
·
· J. Toxicol. Environ. Health; (United States)
Se in the form of sodium selenite is toxic to Xenopus laevis embryos and tadpoles continuously exposed to concentrations above 1 ppM. Concentrations of 2 ppM and above result in severe developmental abnormalities and increased mortality. Uptake and loss of radioactive Se from water are rapid, but depuration is not complete, indicating that some Se can remain bound by the organism. The facts that Se is toxic at low levels to Xenopus embryos and tadpoles, can cause developmental abnormalities, and accumulates in tissues suggest that increased release of Se compounds into the environmental poses a potential threat to aquatic organisms.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
- OSTI ID:
- 5406867
- Journal Information:
- J. Toxicol. Environ. Health; (United States), Journal Name: J. Toxicol. Environ. Health; (United States) Vol. 5:4; ISSN JTEHD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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520302 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- Aquatic Ecosystems & Food Chains-- (-1987)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560305* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Vertebrates-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AMPHIBIANS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
DATA
DATA FORMS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FROGS
GROWTH
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOLATED VALUES
ISOTOPES
LARVAE
MASS TRANSFER
MORTALITY
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SELENIUM 75
SELENIUM ISOTOPES
TIME DEPENDENCE
TOLERANCE
TOXICITY
VERTEBRATES
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- Aquatic Ecosystems & Food Chains-- (-1987)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560305* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Vertebrates-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AMPHIBIANS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
DATA
DATA FORMS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FROGS
GROWTH
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOLATED VALUES
ISOTOPES
LARVAE
MASS TRANSFER
MORTALITY
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SELENIUM 75
SELENIUM ISOTOPES
TIME DEPENDENCE
TOLERANCE
TOXICITY
VERTEBRATES