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Sublethal biochemical markers were used to identify liver enzyme induction in fish from a bayou in Pensacola, Florida. Gulf killifish,Fundulus grandis, from, a nonpolluted site were used in the study which included laboratory-induced fish and their various controls as well as the fish captured in the bayou. The biochemical markers tested were total content of cytochrome P-450, aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase and ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activities, and the specific induction of the LM4bisozyme of the cytochrome P-450 system. The findings suggest that enzyme induction occurred at a sublethal level, indicating the presence of liver cytochrome P-450-inducing substances in the bayou.
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Schoor, W.P., Williams, D.E. & Lech, J.J. Combined use of biochemical indicators to assess sublethal pollution effects on the Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 17, 437–441 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01055508
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