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[Effects of EMA on activities of algal antioxidant enzymes]
Feng-min Li1, Hong-ying Hu, Yu-jie Men
1Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Abstract:
Using allelochemicals produced by macrophytes to control harmful algae is a novel antialgal method. The present research investigated effects of the species-specific antialgal allelochemical EMA on activities of antioxidant enzymes of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Chlorella vulagaris. The results showed that 0.25 mg/L of EMA increased activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD)and catalase (CAT) of C. pyrenoidosa and C. vulagaris. With the increase of EMA concentrations, activities of the 3 enzymes of C. pyrenoidosa decreased sharply. The activity of SOD of C. pyrenoidosa decreased to 0 when the EMA were 4 mg/L. With the increase of EMA concentrations, activities of the 3 enzymes of C. vulagaris increased to as higher as 3-4 folders of that of the control set. The results gave hints to elucidate the species-specific antialgal mechanisms of EMA.
