Lipid peroxidation in the gill and hepatopancreas of Oziotelphusa senex senex fabricius during cadmium and copper exposure

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196943· OSTI ID:6870530

Reddy, P S ^[1]; Bhagyalakshmi, A ^[2]

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1. Pondicherry Univ. (India)
2. Sri Padmavathi Women's Polytechnic, Tirupati (India)

Environmental contamination by metals has increased in recent years due to the excessive use of metals in agriculture and industry. Due to their bioconcentration, immutable and non-degradable properties, these metals constitute a major source of pollutants. Among these metals cadmium, lead and mercury are non-essential, where as copper, iron, manganese, and zinc are essential elements. They are required in trace amounts by all forms of life but are toxic when present in excess. Considerable information is available on the toxic effects of cadmium on biological mechanisms at all integration levels, such as molecular, biochemical, physiological and behavioural, in animals. It is also well known that heavy metal contamination alters cellular physiology, particularly by affecting aspects such as transport across plasma membranes, mitochondrial functions, lysosomal stability etc. Even though it has been demonstrated that the in vitro addition of heavy metals stimulates membrane lipid peroxidation, the in vivo effects exerted by different cations on this process are still not clear. The present work reports the effect of exposure to sublethal concentrations of heavy metals such as Cu and Cd on lipid peroxidation in the tissues of the edible freshwater crab, Oziotelphusa senex senex. 16 refs., 3 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 6870530
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (United States), Vol. 53:5; ISSN 0007-4861
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CADMIUM
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
COPPER
CRABS
METABOLISM
FRESH WATER
CONTAMINATION
LIPIDS
OXIDATION
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ARTHROPODS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRUSTACEANS
DECAPODS
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INVERTEBRATES
METALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
WATER
560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology