Journal of Biological Research (Jan 2011)

Detection of metals and polychlorobiphenyls and their correlation with detoxificant enzymes activity in Dicentrarchus labrax

  • I. Traversi,
  • S. Ravera,
  • A. Cevasco,
  • M. Esposito,
  • F.P. Serpe,
  • A. Manfrin,
  • E. Fattore,
  • C. Generoso,
  • A. Massari,
  • A. Mandich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2011.4629
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 84, no. 1

Abstract

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Several pollutants released to the environment, are biotransformed into more soluble molecules, in liver, by several enzymes, as catalase (CAT) and glutathione-S-tranferase (GST), which are fundamental for detoxification and excretion. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among xenobiotic levels and CAT and GST enzymatic activities, in reared European sea bass.