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An Overview of the Adverse Effects of Heavy Metal Contamination on Fish Health

An Overview of the Adverse Effects of Heavy Metal Contamination on Fish Health Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. DOI 10.1007/s40011-017-0875-7 REVIEW An Overview of the Adverse Effects of Heavy Metal Contamination on Fish Health 1 1 Mehjbeen Javed Nazura Usmani Received: 13 February 2016 / Revised: 5 March 2017 / Accepted: 3 May 2017 The National Academy of Sciences, India 2017 Abstract Rapid industrialization results in the production due to their high protein and polyunsaturated fatty acid of huge amounts of solid and/or liquid wastes, which is content, human health is also under danger. usually discharged into the nearby water bodies, leading to the damage of the important ecosystems and seafood Keywords Heavy metals  Bioaccumulation products. Therefore, the present overview aims to highlight Oxidative stress  Genotoxicity  Histopathology the issue of pollution of aquatic ecosystems and fish health. Heavy metals are widely used in every industrial applica- tion; therefore, they form the core group of pollutants of Introduction any industrial discharge. Some of the heavy metals such as Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cr are essential as they form Water is essential for all forms of life. Seas and oceans the cofactor for many of the enzymes and also needed in contribute approximately 97%, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences Springer Journals

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Life Sciences; Life Sciences, general; Behavioral Sciences; Plant Biochemistry; Nucleic Acid Chemistry
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0369-8211
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10.1007/s40011-017-0875-7
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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. DOI 10.1007/s40011-017-0875-7 REVIEW An Overview of the Adverse Effects of Heavy Metal Contamination on Fish Health 1 1 Mehjbeen Javed Nazura Usmani Received: 13 February 2016 / Revised: 5 March 2017 / Accepted: 3 May 2017 The National Academy of Sciences, India 2017 Abstract Rapid industrialization results in the production due to their high protein and polyunsaturated fatty acid of huge amounts of solid and/or liquid wastes, which is content, human health is also under danger. usually discharged into the nearby water bodies, leading to the damage of the important ecosystems and seafood Keywords Heavy metals  Bioaccumulation products. Therefore, the present overview aims to highlight Oxidative stress  Genotoxicity  Histopathology the issue of pollution of aquatic ecosystems and fish health. Heavy metals are widely used in every industrial applica- tion; therefore, they form the core group of pollutants of Introduction any industrial discharge. Some of the heavy metals such as Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cr are essential as they form Water is essential for all forms of life. Seas and oceans the cofactor for many of the enzymes and also needed in contribute approximately 97%,

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences – Springer Journals

Published: May 22, 2017

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