title: Studies on the accumulation and transformation of arsenic in freshwater organisms I. Accumulation, transformation and toxicity of arsenic compounds on the Japanese medaka, Oryzias latipes.
abstract: Accumulation, transformation and toxicity of arsenic compounds to Japanese Medaka, Oryzias latipes were investigated. For sodium arsenite [As(II)] and disodium arsenate [As(V)], the mean value for 7-day lethal concentration LC50 for O. latipes were 14.6 and 30.3 mg As/l, respectively. Direct accumulation of arsenic in O. latipes increased as a function of As(III) concentration in water. A small proportion of accumulated arsenic was transformed to methylated arsenic. As much as 70% of the total arsenic accumulated in tissue was depurated. Accumulation and transformation of As(III) by O. latipes in a simple freshwater food chain were also investigated. The transformation of As(III) to As(V) by organisms was more prevalent than biomethylation of accumulated arsenic in organisms of the three steps of the food chain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.lastname: Suhendrayatna
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohki
authors.forename: Tsunenori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001151:Arsenic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D001711:Biotransformation; D020387:Food Chain; D008745:Methylation; D009990:Oryzias / Q000502:physiology*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants; D001151:Arsenic