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1 Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Cochin - 682 016, Kerala, IN
Source
Toxicology International (Formerly Indian Journal of Toxicology), Vol 18, No 1 (2011), Pagination: 27-30
Abstract
The aim of this work was to determine the toxicity of ethanol in an aquatic system by means of bioassays with Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) as a test organism. The study revealed changes in the gill ATPase activities. The results obtained indicated that ethanol brought about a decrease in the body weight, followed by significant inhibition on total ATPase, Na+/K+ ATPase, Ca2+ ATPase and Mg2+ ATPase activities. The studies also indicated that these can be employed as suitable biomarkers in ethanol related toxicity studies.
Keywords
Analysis of variance, branchial ATPases, gill, Oreochromis mossambicus
