This paper studied the association between metals accumulation in selected tissues and the shell and antioxidant defence system in Helix aspersa snails. Accumulation of Zn, Fe, Pb, Cd, and Mg was organ-specific and was the highest in the hepatopancreas. Hepatopancreatic catalase and glutathione peroxidase activities were the highest, whereas the highest glutathione reductase activity was record...
