Analysis of antioxidants in water striders (Hemiptera: Gerridae) as bioindicator of water pollution
Abstract The antioxidant enzyme system is an important defense mechanism to cope with Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) produced due to exposure to heavy metals. In the present study lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) and nickel (Ni) in water and the antioxidant activity of superoxide...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842024000100302&tlng=en |