title: The toxicity of four native Indian plants: effect on AChE and acid/alkaline phosphatase level in fish Channa marulius.
abstract: The latex of four plants viz. Euphorbia royleana, Jatropha gossypifolia (Euphorbiaceae), Nerium indicum and Thevetia peruviana (Apocynaceae) caused significant reduction in acid/alkaline phosphatase activity and anti-acetylcholinesterase activity in nervous tissue of freshwater air breathing fish Channa marulius. The reduction in the activity of both phosphatases and AChE were time as well as dose dependent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur 273 009, UP, India. digvijaysin@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Digvijay
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007194:India; D007840:Latex / Q000633:toxicity; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000633:toxicity; D010947:Plants, Toxic / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D007840:Latex; D010936:Plant Extracts; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase