EFFECT OF AMMONIA STRESS ON THE BIOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS IN FINGERLINGS OF COMMON CARP CYPRINUS CARPIO, L.1758

J. Priyadarshini; S. Delhi Bai; P. NEERAJA

Volume : III, Issue : I, January - 2014

EFFECT OF AMMONIA STRESS ON THE BIOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS IN FINGERLINGS OF COMMON CARP CYPRINUS CARPIO, L.1758

J. Priyadarshini, S. Delhi Bai, P. Neeraja

Abstract :

Fish is an indirect target to pollutants, xenobiotics pathogens substances present in these water bodies. These substances cause stress which in turn affects the metabolism and biochemical profiles of fish. Ammonia has received increasing attention over the past few years as potentially important aquatic pollutant. Fish when exposed to these aquatic pollutants are a prey to ammonia toxicity. In view of these, some of the important physiological and biochemical events occurring under ammonia stress is an interesting study. Cyprinus carpio is taken for the present study. Animal weighing 5�0.5 and 4�0.5 cm length and exposed to 3.2 ppm of ammonia for 0,3,7 and 14 days for the present investigation. Total protein, total carbohydrates, free amino acids were studied in the liver, kidney and gill tissues in order to understand the effect of ammonia stress on the detoxification aspect of fish (Cyprinus carpio).