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Abstract            Volume:4  Issue-12  Year-2016         Original Research Articles


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Sublethal Toxicity of Cyperkill (A Synthetic Pyrethroid Pesticide) on Glycogen Content in the Tissues of Labeo rohita
Balakrishna Naik, N. Gopala Rao and P. Neelima*
Department of Zoology and Aquaculture, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar-522510, Guntur, A.P., India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The aim of the present investigation was to study the toxic effect of a synthetic pyrethroid cypermethrin on glycogen levels in vital tissues (gill, muscle, brain, liver and kidney) Labeo rohita after exposure to sub lethal concentrations (0.226, 0.453, 0.679 and 0.906µg/L representing 5, 10, 15 and 20% of 96h LC50 value i.e 4.53µg/L) of cypermethrin for three different exposure periods, 1, 2 and 3 weeks. It was found that the glycogen content was reduced in all the tissues under sub-lethal concentrations of cypermethrin at 1, 2 and 3 weeks. Reduction was observed in all the tissues tested at all the concentrations and exposure periods. Reduction in glycogen content was maximum (45%) in liver and minimum (13.08%) in brain at 0.906µg/L at 21 days. It was observed that all the alterations were dependent on concentration as well as exposure period.

Keywords: Labeo rohita, Glycogen,Cyperkill,Synthetic pyrethroid, Toxicity.
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Balakrishna Naik, N. Gopala Rao and Neelima,P. 2016. Sublethal Toxicity of Cyperkill (A Synthetic Pyrethroid Pesticide) on Glycogen Content in the Tissues of Labeo rohita.Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev. 4(12): 127-134
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcrar.2016.412.012
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