The use of Lates calcarifer as a biomarker for heavy metals detection

• Main Authors: Nursabrina Mohd Hayat, Nor Aripin Shamaan, Mohd Khalizan Sabullah, Mohd Yunus Shukor, Mohd Arif Syed, Ariff Khalid, Farrah Aini Dahalan, Siti Aqlima Ahmad
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18648/1/The%20use%20of%20Lates%20calcarifer%20as%20a%20biomarker%20for%20heavy%20metals%20detection.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18648/7/The%20use%20of%20Lates%20calcarifer%20as%20a%20biomarker%20for%20heavy%20metals.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18648/

Fish are ubiquitous organisms that have many features that designate their potential as a biomarker of heavy metals pollution. Thus, an investigation was done to detect the effect of heavy metals on cholinesterase (ChE) activity from Lates calcarifer organs which were gill and muscle. Ammonium sulph...