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A study on the toxicity of pesticide cypermethrin on the biochemical composition of freshwater fish Mystus vittatus

N. Padmavathi, S. Sivaraju, O. Sathick and K. Muthukumaravel

Year : 2017 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 95-99

doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1311692

Received on: 10/19/2016

Revised on: 11/11/2016

Accepted on: 11/17/2016

Published on: 04/10/2017

  • N. Padmavathi, S. Sivaraju, O. Sathick and K. Muthukumaravel( 2017).

    A study on the toxicity of pesticide cypermethrin on the biochemical composition of freshwater fish Mystus vittatus

    . International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 2( 2), 95-99.

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Abstract

The freshwater fish Mysstus vittatus  was exposed to 10% and 30% sublethal concentrations of (LC50 for 96 h - 0.0036 ppm) cypermethrin for a period of 10, 20 and 30 days to study the effect of cypermethrin on the biochemical composition of various organs such as muscle  and liver. After stipulated time, the carbohydrate, protein and lipid content in the various tissues of Mystus vittatus under pesticide stress were found to be decreased when compared with control.

Keywords

Cypermethrin, Toxicity, Biochemical composition, Mystus vittatus.    

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