Impact of sodium cyanide on catalase activity in the freshwater exotic carp, Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus)

By M. David, V. Munaswamy, Ramesh Halappa, S. R. Marigoudar. 2008

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Abstract The Cyprinus carpio fingerlings on exposure to lethal (1 mg/L) and sub lethal concentrations (0.066 mg/L) of sodium cyanide showed inhibition in the activity of catalase. The disruption of catalase activity in freshwater fish, C. carpio is demonstrated in the present study using UV–visible spectrophotometer at 240 nm using hydrogen peroxide as a substrate. It suggests toxic effects of sodium cyanide and consequent accumulation of hydrogen peroxide in the functionally different tissues namely, liver, gill, muscle and brain. This might lead to cellular damages, and create widespread physiological disturbance. The results suggest that catalase activity can be a good diagnostic tool for sodium cyanide toxicity in biomonitoring programme.

Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science

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• Ecotoxicology: a review of pesticides induced toxicity in fish. (2015, background): “…such as succinate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase, phosphorylase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, acid phosphates and alkaline phosphatase in different tissues such as liver, gills and muscles of Labeo rohita (Dube et al., 2013) and catalase in Cyprinus carpio (David et al., 2008).”