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Efectos de detergentes biodegradables en la acumulación de lipofuscina (pigmento de envejecimiento) en branquias e hígado de dos espécies de peces neotropicales
Date
2014-01-01Registration in:
International Journal of Morphology, v. 32, n. 3, p. 773-781, 2014.
0717-9502
0717-9367
10.4067/S0717-95022014000300005
2-s2.0-84911477766
Author
Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)
ICMBio/CEPTA
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institutions
Abstract
Currently there is a growing concern, in both population and governments, to identify the effects of substances commonly disposed of into rivers and lakes, on aquatic fauna and flora. Thus the objective of the present study was to verify effects of biodegradable detergents and water from an urban lake on gills and liver of two neotropical fish species of great economic importance, Astyanax altiparanae and Prochilodus lineatus. In order to do so, lipofuscin, also called the ageing pigment, was used as bioindicator. After one and five months of experiment both tissues accumulated this pigment. These data are discussed from physiological points of view, related with lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial damage.