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An Assay for Measuring the Effects of Ethanol on the Locomotion Speed of Caenorhabditis elegans
Published on: April 9, 2015
Effect of Ethanol on Branchial Adenosine Triphosphatases in Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters)
1Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Cochin - 682 016, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
The aim of this work was to determine the toxicity of ethanol in an aquatic system by means of bioassays with Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) as a test organism. The study revealed changes in the gill ATPase activities. The results obtained indicated that ethanol brought about a decrease in the body weight, followed by significant inhibition on total ATPase, Na(+)/K(+) ATPase, Ca(2+) ATPase and Mg(2+) ATPase activities. The studies also indicated that these can be employed as suitable biomarkers in ethanol related toxicity studies.
