Koeman J H, van de Ven W S, de Goeij J J, Tjioe P S, van Haaften J L
Sci Total Environ. 1975 Jan;3(3):279-87. doi: 10.1016/0048-9697(75)90052-2.
Information is provided concerning the concentrations of mercury and selenium in tissues of marine animals. In marine mammals a 1:1 Hg/Se molecular increment ratio was found and an almost perfect linear correlation between mercury and selenium. It is suggested that marine mammals are able to detoxify methylmercury by a specific chemical mechanism in which selenium is involved. The results also indicate that the fate of methylmercury in fish-eating marine birds differs fundamentally from that in marine mammals.
提供了有关海洋动物组织中汞和硒浓度的信息。在海洋哺乳动物中,发现汞与硒的分子增量比为1:1,且汞与硒之间存在几乎完美的线性相关性。有人提出,海洋哺乳动物能够通过一种涉及硒的特定化学机制对甲基汞进行解毒。结果还表明,以鱼类为食的海洋鸟类体内甲基汞的归宿与海洋哺乳动物的截然不同。