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The short-term toxic effects of both sublethal and lethal concentrations of 1-naphthol were studied by light microscopy examination of the digestive gland-gonad complex of the common periwinkleLittorina littorea. Exposure to naphthol produced severe tissue alterations characterized by disruption of digestive cells and presence of a high number of basophilic cells in the digestive tubules and infiltration of digestive, connective and gonadal tissues by hemocytes. Morphologically, the infiltrating hemocytes comprised of hemocytes with a small nucleus and eosinophilic cytoplasm, and hemocytes with a large nucleus and scarce cytoplasm. In addition, breakdown of ripe ova and resorption of gametes occurred, even at the sublethal concentration of 2.075 mg/L of naphthol, apparently related to phagocytosis by hemocytes. Differences in the hemocytic infiltration incidence were observed between male and female individuals, suggesting a different sensitivity to the experimentally induced stress condition between the two sexes.
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Cajaraville, M.P., Marigómez, J.A. & Angulo, E. Short-term toxic effects of 1-naphthol on the digestive gland-gonad complex of the marine prosobranchLittorina littorea (L): A light microscopic study. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 19, 17–24 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01059808
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