Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Botany
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 32b
  • Issue: 2

Level of residual mercury and toxic effect of solid waste from chloralkali factory on some enzymes in rice plant

  • Author:
  • S. Radha, C.V. Raju, A.K. Panigrahi
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 57 to 60

*Department of Botany, M.R (Autonomous) College, Vizianagaram-535002

Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, India

Online published on 24 March, 2014.

Abstract

Effect of solid waste on enzymes like DNase, AT pase and peroxidase in rice seedlings were studied. At lower concentration (5% s.w.) the activities of enzymes were increased. However, they were progressively reduced at higher concentrations. The results showed a high degree of mercury accumulation in the rice seeds and less in seedlings.

Keywords

ATpase, DNase, catalase, peroxidase, residual mercury in solid waste and toxicity