The toxicity of four native Indian plants: effect on AChE and acid/alkaline phosphatase level in fish Channa marulius.
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.
Singh
Digvijay
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Department of Zoology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur 273 009, UP, India. digvijaysin@rediffmail.com
Singh
Ajay
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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*
D007840:Latex; D010936:Plant Extracts; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase