Pollution Research Paper

Vol.32, Issue 04, 2013; Page No.(747-750)

TOXICITY EVALUATION AND CARBOHYDRATE CHANGES IN CLARIAS BATRACHUS (LINN) EXPOSED TO CADMIUM CHLORIDE

AKHTER ALI SIDDIQUI AND ANDALEEB FAYAZ

Abstract

Toxicity of cadmium on some metabolic processes can lead to disturbances and imbalance of various physiological, biochemical and cellular processes both in human and aquatic organisms. The present study reflects the effect of cadmium chloride on carbohydrates in some vital organs of the fresh water Indian cat fish C. batrachus. The fishes were treated with different concentrations of cadmium chloride (2.0, 4.0, 6.0. 8.0, and 10.0 µg/mL) mortality rate was noted up to 96 h. After deducing the LC 50they were treated with sub lethal concentration of cadmium chloride (4.0 µg/mL) for 24, 48, 72 and 96 h. The concentration of carbohydrates declined in various organs of C. batrachusin the following order. - liver (76.2%) > muscle (72.0%) >brain (69.4%) >kidney (62.2%) >gonad (58.8%) as against an increase in control fish. In check, the carbohydrate level increased in the gonad (0.265mg/100mg)

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