EFFECT OF AN INSECTICIDE CHLORANTRANILIPROLE ON BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SNAKEHEAD FISH, CHANNA PUNCTATUS (BLOCH, 1793)

BANTU NAGARAJU(1), ZENEBE HAGOS(1), K.RAVI BABU(2), GOPALA KRISHNAN(1), KRISHNA CHAITANYA(1), ZENEBE TEKA(1), KIDU HINTSA(1), TESFAY WELETNSAE(1)

1. Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and computational sciences, Aksum University, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa, e-mail: nagaraju.bantu301@gmail.com;
2. Department of Zoology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna nagar-522510, India.

Abstract

Pesticides are mainly released into Lakes, ponds and rivers due to the runoff from agricultural fields. Pesticides are generally toxic to many non-target organisms such as fish. Fish, generally accumulate contaminants from aquatic environments and have been largely used in studies of food safety. The toxic effect of the chlorantraniliprole on biochemical characteristics (total protein, soluble and structural, free amino acids and lipid levels in muscle, kidney and liver) of the snake head fish Channa punctatus were estimated. The result shows declined levels of biochemical parameters during all the exposure periods when compared with control.

Keywords

accumulate food safety Channa punctatus declined exposure