title: Acute effect of mercury toxicity on some enzymes in liver of teleost Sarotherodon mossambicus.
abstract: The effects of 1.5 ppm of mercuric chloride (LC50/48 hr) on some enzymes and organic substances of liver tissue of Sarotherodon mossambicus were studied. Significant decreases in the activities of succinate dehydrogenases, lactate dehydrogenases, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase, and acid phosphatase and in the levels of organic substances like total anthrone-positive substances, glycogen, and total ninhydrin-positive substances were observed. The results indicate impaired oxidative and transphosphorylative activities and utilization of carbohydrates during acute mercury toxicosis in fish.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D008627:Mercuric Chloride; D008628:Mercury / Q000633:toxicity*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D008112:Liver Glycogen; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D008627:Mercuric Chloride; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D008628:Mercury