Various heavy metals are released in the environment by industries, automobiles and households. One of the threatening heavy metal is lead and treatment of lead poisoning relies mainly on chelation therapy. In the present study bivalve mollusk, Lamellidens marginalis was exposed to lead, calcium and combinations of both for 8 days and 16 days. The animals exposed to only lead showed decrease in protein and increase in phosphatase whereas the combinations of lead and calcium improved protein contents and decrease in phosphatase in both tissues such as gills and mantle.
Lamellidens marginalis, Lead, Calcium, Protein, Phosphatase, Chelation therapy
