<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Mustard oil cake is a biofertilizer widely used in agriculture and fish cultivation almost in all South East Asian Countries including India. The study was carried out to observe the effects of this biofertilizer on the liver proteins of <italic>Channa punctatus</italic>. At sublethal concentration (0.42 g/L ), fishes were exposed for a prolonged period of 35 days and amount of total liver protein (TLP) was measured. The investigation showed a low rate of liver protein synthesis in treated fish after 4 days of exposure. An increase in the amount of protein was observed between the 7th and 35th day. But such increment was below the amount of TLP of control fish, indicating physiological stress in the treated fish.</abstract>

Mustard oil cake is a biofertilizer widely used in agriculture and fish cultivation almost in all South East Asian Countries including India. The study was carried out to observe the effects of this biofertilizer on the liver proteins of Channa punctatus. At sublethal concentration (0.42 g/L ), fishes were exposed for a prolonged period of 35 days and amount of total liver protein (TLP) was measured. The investigation showed a low rate of liver protein synthesis in treated fish after 4 days of exposure. An increase in the amount of protein was observed between the 7th and 35th day. But such increment was below the amount of TLP of control fish, indicating physiological stress in the treated fish.

Effects of mustard oil cake on liver proteins of <italic>Channa punctatus</italic> (Bloch)

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Effects of mustard oil cake on liver proteins of  (Bloch)

Mustard oil cake is a biofertilizer widely used in agriculture and fish cultivation almost in all South East Asian Countries including India. The study was...

Effects of mustard oil cake on liver proteins of Channa punctatus (Bloch)

Published Online: Oct 18, 2019

Page range: 200 - 203

Received: Jul 22, 2017

Accepted: May 15, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/intox-2018-0017

Keywords
mustard oil cake, liver, protein

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Effects of mustard oil cake on liver proteins of Channa punctatus (Bloch)

Published Online: Oct 18, 2019

Page range: 200 - 203

Received: Jul 22, 2017

Accepted: May 15, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/intox-2018-0017

Keywordsmustard oil cake, liver, protein

© 2018 Interdisciplinary Toxicology, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
mustard oil cake, liver, protein