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Effect of Diazinon on Acid and Alkaline Phosphatase Activities in Plasma and Organs of Clarias gariepinus
I.R. Inyang, E.R. Daka and E.N. Ogamba
Corresponding Author: Erema Ransome Daka
Submitted: 2011 January, 31
Accepted: 2011 March, 15
Published: 2011 May, 05 |
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The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the pesticide, diazinon, on phosphatases in the
plasma and organs on Clarias gariepinus. Adult Clarias gariepinus were exposed in four replicates to varying
sublethal concentrations diazinon (ranging from 1.00 to 10.0 mg/L) in 30-day semi-static bioassays. Alkaline
phoshatase (ALP) and acid phosphate (ACP) were determined in plasma and other organs (gastrointestinal tract
- GIT, kidney, muscle, gill and liver) of the fish after the experimental exposures. Dizinon did not cause any
statistically significant difference on plasma ALP over the concentrations tested (p>0.05), but ACP showed
significantly higher mean value at 10 mg/L compared to the control. ALP and ACP values in all the organs
(GIT, intestinal tract, kidney, muscle, gill, liver) decreased with increasing concentration of diazion. This
indicates an evidence of inhibition of these enzymes in the organs by the toxicant, and therefore alteration of
biochemical processes in C. gariepinus which can be used as bio-indicators of the effects of diazinon in the
Niger Delta environment.
Key words: Clarias gariepinus, diazinon, phoshatases, enzymes, plasma, inhibition,
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I.R. Inyang, E.R. Daka and E.N. Ogamba, . Effect of Diazinon on Acid and Alkaline Phosphatase Activities in Plasma and Organs of Clarias gariepinus. Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences, (3): 191-194.
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