Article
Combined effects of ethanol and cinnamaldehyde in the Japanese medaka embryo-larval assay (MELA).
Marine environmental research - 1 Jan 2000
Haasch Mary L, Ford Annette W
Abstract excerpt
The Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) was used in the medaka embryo-larval assay (MELA) to determine possible adverse developmental effects of ethanol and the spice component, cinnamaldehyde (CAD). Fish may be exposed to waterborne ethanol and a variety of natural products from non-point sources or leaks during ethanol use as a fuel and from point source processing plant effluents. Consumption of ethanol during...
Topics
- Acrolein
- Animals
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Ethanol
- Larva
- Mortality
- Oryzias
- Phenotype
