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Heavy Metal Accumulation and the Genotoxicity in Barbel (Barbus barbus) as Indicators of the Danube River Pollution

The aim of this study was to analyze 16 trace elements (Al, As, B, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, and Zn) in different barbel (Barbus barbus) tissues and to detect the presence of genotoxic effects in erythrocytes with the alkaline comet assay. Barbel specimens were collected in the...

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Autores principales: Sunjog, Karolina, Gačić, Zoran, Kolarević, Stoimir, Višnjić-Jeftić, Željka, Jarić, Ivan, Knežević-Vukčević, Jelena, Vuković-Gačić, Branka, Lenhardt, Mirjana
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Publicado: The Scientific World Journal 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/351074
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author Sunjog, Karolina
Gačić, Zoran
Kolarević, Stoimir
Višnjić-Jeftić, Željka
Jarić, Ivan
Knežević-Vukčević, Jelena
Vuković-Gačić, Branka
Lenhardt, Mirjana
author_facet Sunjog, Karolina
Gačić, Zoran
Kolarević, Stoimir
Višnjić-Jeftić, Željka
Jarić, Ivan
Knežević-Vukčević, Jelena
Vuković-Gačić, Branka
Lenhardt, Mirjana
author_sort Sunjog, Karolina
collection PubMed
description The aim of this study was to analyze 16 trace elements (Al, As, B, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, and Zn) in different barbel (Barbus barbus) tissues and to detect the presence of genotoxic effects in erythrocytes with the alkaline comet assay. Barbel specimens were collected in the Danube river near Belgrade, Serbia, where the discharge of untreated communal and industrial wastewaters is likely to produce negative effects on fish residing in this area. The highest concentrations of Sr, Mn, Fe, Ba, B, and Al were found in gills, Mo and Cu in liver, and As and Zn in gonads. Concentrations of Zn and Fe were above maximum acceptable concentrations (MACs) in a number of gonad, gill, and liver samples. Three-year-old barbel specimens had higher tail moment and Zn concentrations in gills (1.71 and 51.20 μg/g dw, resp.) than 5-year-old specimens (0.85 and 42.51 μg/g dw, resp.). Results indicate that the younger barbel specimens might be more suitable for the monitoring of environmental pollution.
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spelling pubmed-33533042012-05-24 Heavy Metal Accumulation and the Genotoxicity in Barbel (Barbus barbus) as Indicators of the Danube River Pollution Sunjog, Karolina Gačić, Zoran Kolarević, Stoimir Višnjić-Jeftić, Željka Jarić, Ivan Knežević-Vukčević, Jelena Vuković-Gačić, Branka Lenhardt, Mirjana ScientificWorldJournal Research Article The aim of this study was to analyze 16 trace elements (Al, As, B, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, and Zn) in different barbel (Barbus barbus) tissues and to detect the presence of genotoxic effects in erythrocytes with the alkaline comet assay. Barbel specimens were collected in the Danube river near Belgrade, Serbia, where the discharge of untreated communal and industrial wastewaters is likely to produce negative effects on fish residing in this area. The highest concentrations of Sr, Mn, Fe, Ba, B, and Al were found in gills, Mo and Cu in liver, and As and Zn in gonads. Concentrations of Zn and Fe were above maximum acceptable concentrations (MACs) in a number of gonad, gill, and liver samples. Three-year-old barbel specimens had higher tail moment and Zn concentrations in gills (1.71 and 51.20 μg/g dw, resp.) than 5-year-old specimens (0.85 and 42.51 μg/g dw, resp.). Results indicate that the younger barbel specimens might be more suitable for the monitoring of environmental pollution. The Scientific World Journal 2012-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3353304/ /pubmed/22629137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/351074 Text en Copyright © 2012 Karolina Sunjog et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Sunjog, Karolina
Gačić, Zoran
Kolarević, Stoimir
Višnjić-Jeftić, Željka
Jarić, Ivan
Knežević-Vukčević, Jelena
Vuković-Gačić, Branka
Lenhardt, Mirjana
Heavy Metal Accumulation and the Genotoxicity in Barbel (Barbus barbus) as Indicators of the Danube River Pollution
title Heavy Metal Accumulation and the Genotoxicity in Barbel (Barbus barbus) as Indicators of the Danube River Pollution
title_full Heavy Metal Accumulation and the Genotoxicity in Barbel (Barbus barbus) as Indicators of the Danube River Pollution
title_fullStr Heavy Metal Accumulation and the Genotoxicity in Barbel (Barbus barbus) as Indicators of the Danube River Pollution
title_full_unstemmed Heavy Metal Accumulation and the Genotoxicity in Barbel (Barbus barbus) as Indicators of the Danube River Pollution
title_short Heavy Metal Accumulation and the Genotoxicity in Barbel (Barbus barbus) as Indicators of the Danube River Pollution
title_sort heavy metal accumulation and the genotoxicity in barbel (barbus barbus) as indicators of the danube river pollution
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/351074
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