Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

STUDY THE MALATHION ACTIVITY ON MORTALITY AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF HETEROPNUESTUS FOSSILIS

Nisha Yadav, Pushpa Yadav

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 Malathion was used in vivo on fresh water fish Heteropnuestus fossilis to study its toxicity. The acute toxicity tests were conducted during certain intervals in various concentrations (5, 10, 15, and 20 mg/L) of malathion. The physical and chemical analyses of water were carried out by following APHA methods. While treating with malathion, the percentage of fish mortality was assessed during 24, 48, and 72 hours. The lethal and sub–lethal concentration of malathion were found to be LC100 (25 mg/L) and LC0 (5 mg/L), respectively. The antioxidant enzyme activity in the liver, muscle and gill, respectively increased during the accumulation of malathion, whereas it decreased during depuration period. Hence, the pesticide intoxication has made defective consequences in the normal metabolic pathways which led increasing the rate of mortality in fish population. 

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Nisha Yadav, Pushpa Yadav, STUDY THE MALATHION ACTIVITY ON MORTALITY AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF HETEROPNUESTUS FOSSILIS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-6 | JUNE-2017

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