DISTURBANCES IN THE PROOXIDANT - ANTIOXIDANT BALANCE IN THE LIVER OF BULLHEAD (COTTUS-GOBIO L) EXPOSED TO TREATED PAPER-MILL EFFLUENTS

Authors
BUCHER F HOFER R KRUMSCHNABEL G DOBLANDER C
Citation
F. Bucher et al., DISTURBANCES IN THE PROOXIDANT - ANTIOXIDANT BALANCE IN THE LIVER OF BULLHEAD (COTTUS-GOBIO L) EXPOSED TO TREATED PAPER-MILL EFFLUENTS, Chemosphere, 27(8), 1993, pp. 1329-1338
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
27
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1329 - 1338
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1993)27:8<1329:DITP-A>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The effects of paper mill effluents on the prooxidant-antioxidant bala nce in the liver of bullhead were studied in fish from a contaminated river. After the low-water period (theoretical concentration of waste water 1.7%) the aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase was strongly induced, glu cose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, reduced glutathione and vitamin C were lower, and catalase was unaltered. Following the high-water period (t heoretical waste water concentration 0.5%), signs of oxidative stress were no longer detectable. The risks of oxidative damage due to bioche mical changes during the low-water period are discussed.