Research Article
Biomarkers of Adverse Response to Mercury: Histopathology versus Thioredoxin Reductase Activity
Table 1
Values of the organ damage index* (ODI) calculated for the liver and kidney of zeabra-seabreams exposed to the different treatments. No lesions were observed in control fishes. MeHg: exposure to Methylmercury; HgII: exposure to Hg2+; MeHgSe: coexposure to MeHg and Se; HgSe: coexposure to Hg2+ and Se; MeHgRSe: exposure to MeHg followed by exposure to Se during depuration; HgRSe: exposure to Hg2+ followed by exposure to Se during depuration; Se: exposure to selenium.
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Pi: Pathological index of each lesion according to their importance to organ function [38]. : number of fishes displaying one type of organ lesion (OL). *ODI: sum of lesions observed for each organ taking into account their relative severity and the number of fishes (). |