Lipoic acid (LA) has been reported as a potential therapeutic agent due its antioxidants proprieties. It was considered its effect in different organs (gills, brain, muscle and liver) of the fish Corydoras paleatus(Call ...

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is one of the most potent stimulants of food intake in vertebrates, mammals and fi sh. However, the present knowledge about feeding behaviour in fi sh is still limited and based on studies in a few ...

Oxidative stress induced by microcystins was evaluated in an estuarine worm, Laeonereis acuta (Nereididae).Ten organisms were exposed to lyophilized cells of a toxic Microcystis aeruginosa strain RST9501 ( 2 lg/mL ...

In January of 2003, a cyanobacterial bloom in the Patos Lagoon (Southern Brazil) (32 050S–52 120W) was observed. Water samples were taken to identify the composition and abundance of the bloom, as well as the occurrence ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the exposure to cadmium on the antioxidant responses in the polychaeta Laeonereis acuta. The worms were submitted to 0, 5, and 100 mg of Cd/L during a period of ...

This study investigated the effects of estradiol valerate (EV) and tibolone (TB) treatments on some memory parameters of ovariectomized young (2 months), adult (8 months)and old (20 months) female rats. A Sham-operated ...

When laboratory intercomparison exercises are conducted, there is no a priori dependence of the concentration of a certain compound determined in one laboratory to that determined by another(s). The same applies when ...

The objective of this work was to evaluate mechanisms of microcystin toxicity on crustacean species. Adult male crabs of Chasmagnathus granulatus (13.97"0.35 g) acclimated to low salinity (2‰) were injected with saline ...

Kinetic and toxicological characteristics of fish (Odontesthes argentinensis) and crab (Callinectes sapidus) cholinesterases as well as methodological conditions to perform reactivation assays using pyridine 2-aldoxime ...

The kinetic characteristic (Km) of cholinesterase from the crab Chasmagnathus granulata, the shrimp Farfantepenaeus paulensis and the fish Odontesthes bonaeriensis were compared and correlated with the anticholinesterasic ...

The enzyme glutamate cysteine ligase (GCL) is the rate-limiting enzyme in glutathione (GSH) synthesis and is formed by a catalytic (GCLC) and a modulatory subunit (GCLM). Some studies have demonstrated that environmental ...

A total of 1 893 males and 1 124 females of Squalus mitsukurii were collected from latitudes 34º 30' S and 37º 00' S, in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, during early autumn, late autumn and spring 1995, early autumn 1996 ...

Specimens of Atlantoraja cyclophora were collected monthly from commercial fishing landings at Guarujá, São Paulo State, Brazil, from March 2005 to April 2006 at depths between 10 and 146 m. Males ranged from 13.3 to 58.5 ...

Specimens of Rioraja agassizi were collected at Guarujá pier, São Paulo State, Brazil, from March 2005 to March 2006. A total of 275 males were captured. Based on the analysis of the clasper length, gonad weight, clasper ...

A total of 459(245 females, 214 males) Atlantoraja cyclophora was captured by bottom trawl off the coast of Rio Grande do Sul between 30º40'S and 34º30'S during surveys conducted in winter 2001 and summer/autumn 2002 at ...

The microscopic structure of the egg capsules of Atlantoraja cyclophora, a species endemic to the Atlantic region of South America, is presented in this paper. In a transverse section, the dorsal face of the egg case is ...

The sexual development of Atlantoraja platana from the south-west Atlantic Ocean was analysed. According to the reproductive variables considered for both sexes, males were found to mature at 620mm and females at 715mm ...

Specimens of Rioraja agassizi were collected monthly off Santos, Southeast Brazil, between latitudes 23°37’S and 27°40’S,from March, 2005 to March, 2006. A total number of 278 males and 1023 females were captured. Observed ...

The softnose skates Bathyraja brachyurops and Bathyraja macloviana represent an important portion of the skate catches of the Uruguay an traw lingfleet in the south western Atlantic. From March to October 2004, specimens ...

The smallnose fanskate Sympterygia bonapartii is found incoastal and shelf waters between southern Brazil and southern Argentina. Since 1994 it has be come an alternative and commercially important target of demersal ...