Advances in Applied Research
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Effect of Cypermethrin on a freshwater fish, Cirrhinus mrigala

Department of Zoology, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore-641 029, Tamilnadu, India

*Corresponding author: Email: ml_swamy64@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 25 January, 2016.

Abstract

The effect of the insecticide Cypermethrin on some biochemical characteristics (protein, carbohydrate and lipid content in the gill, liver, muscle, kidney and blood) of Cirrhinus mrigala was studied. The protein, carbohydrate and lipid content decreased in the treated tissues as compared to the control due to the increasing concentration of the pesticide

Keywords

Cirrhinus mrigala, Cypermethrin, total protein, carbohydrate, lipid