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Effect of arsenic compounds on Vibrio fischeri light emission and butyrylcholinesterase activity

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The effect of organic arsenic compounds and inorganic As(V) and As(III) on Vibrio fischeri luminescence and butyrylcholinesterase activity were evaluated using Microtox and microcalorimetric analysis. Organic arsenic compounds were arsenocholine (AsC), arsenobetaine (AsB), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and the antibiotic 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzene arsonic acid (HNAA, Roxarsone(R)). HNAA, As(III) and As(V) were found to inhibit Vibrio fischeri light emission whereas MMA, DMA, AsC and AsB produced only a slight effect. By contrast, only AsC, AsB and As(III) were found to inhibit butyrylcholinesterase activity.

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This research was supported by Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain (project CTM2005–07342-C02–01/TECNO).

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  1. Chemical Engineering Department, Universitat de Girona, s/n Avda. Lluís Santaló, 17071, Girona, Spain

    E. Fulladosa & I. Villaescusa

  2. Department Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hôpital Dupuytren, Limoges, France

    J. Debord

  3. Laboratory Aquatic and Environmental Sciences, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France

    J. C. Bollinger

  4. Laboratory Cell Biology and Pollution, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

    J. C. Murat

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Selected article from the 6th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro organized by Prof. Dr. Branimir Jovancicevic (www.research.plymouth.ac.uk/ace).

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Fulladosa, E., Debord, J., Villaescusa, I. et al. Effect of arsenic compounds on Vibrio fischeri light emission and butyrylcholinesterase activity. Environ Chem Lett 5, 115–119 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-006-0088-4

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