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Necropsy-based Wild Fish Health Assessment
Published on: September 11, 2018
Correct Fish Muscle AChE Extraction for Use in Environmental Risk Assessment and Ecotoxicological Studies Has Been
1Laboratório de Comunicação Celular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. renatoml@fiocruz.br.
Abstract:
Several articles published in the field of ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment have failed to adequately use fish muscle cholinesterases as biomarkers. This letter seeks to underline the importance of developing and applying correct protocols for the extraction of these enzymes from the tissues of these animals.
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