Evolutionary and biomedical consequences of internal melanins

S Dubey, A Roulin - Pigment cell & melanoma research, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The adaptive function of melanin located in the integument is well known. Although
pigments are also deposited in various internal organs, their function is unclear. A review of …

Bioaccumulation of mercury, cadmium, zinc, chromium, and lead in muscle, liver, and spleen tissues of a large commercially valuable catfish species from Brazil

FP Arantes, LA Savassi, HB Santos… - Anais da Academia …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
The increasing amounts of heavy metals entering aquatic environments can result in high
accumulation levels of these contaminants in fish and their consumers, which pose a serious …

Modulatory role of dietary Thymus vulgaris essential oil and Bacillus subtilis against thiamethoxam-induced hepatorenal damage, oxidative stress, and immunotoxicity in African …

OI El Euony, SS Elblehi, HM Abdel-Latif… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Thiamethoxam (TMX) is a widely used neonicotinoid insecticide for its effective potential for
controlling insects from the agricultural field, which might induce toxicity to the aquatic biota …

Assessment of the effect of long-term exposure to microplastics and depuration period in Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758: Liver and blood biomarkers

A Solomando, X Capó, C Alomar, M Compa… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The constant increase in plastic pollution has attracted great attention in recent years due to
its potential detrimental effects on organisms and ecosystems. While the consequences of …

Comparative histology in the liver and spleen of three species of freshwater teleost

CF Sales, RF Silva, MGC Amaral… - Neotropical …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
We describe and compare the histology of liver and spleen of Geophagus brasiliensis
(Perciformes), Hypostomus francisci (Siluriformes) and Hoplias aff. malabaricus …

Histological changes, lipid metabolism and oxidative stress in the liver of Bufo gargarizans exposed to cadmium concentrations

C Wu, Y Zhang, L Chai, H Wang - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Chinese toad (Bufo gargarizans) were exposed to different concentrations of cadmium (5,
50, 100, 200 and 500 μg Cd L− 1) from Gosner stage 3–42. Metamorphosis rate, body …

Hepatic and blood alterations in Lithobates catesbeianus tadpoles exposed to sulfamethoxazole and oxytetracycline

CF Rutkoski, SC Grott, NG Israel, FE Carneiro… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study the effects of environmentally realistic concentrations of the antibiotics
sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and oxytetracyclyne (OTC) on Lithobates catesbeianus tadpoles …

Hepatic effects of the clomazone herbicide in both its free form and associated with chitosan-alginate nanoparticles in bullfrog tadpoles

CR de Oliveira, LF Fraceto, GM Rizzi, RF Salla… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of agrochemicals in agriculture is intense and most of them could be carried out to
aquatic environment. Nevertheless, there are only few studies that assess the effects of …

A multi-level assessment of biological effects associated with mercury concentrations in smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu

VS Blazer, HL Walsh, AJ Sperry, B Raines… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Total mercury (THg) was measured in muscle (fillet) and liver tissue of adult smallmouth
bass Micropterus dolomieu collected at multiple sites in the Potomac and Susquehanna …

Chronic effects of mercury on Bufo gargarizans larvae: Thyroid disruption, liver damage, oxidative stress and lipid metabolism disorder

Q Shi, N Sun, H Kou, H Wang, H Zhao - Ecotoxicology and environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mercury is severely detrimental to organisms and is ubiquitous in both terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems. In the present study, we examined the effects of chronic mercury (Hg) exposure …