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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 4 Issue 2</issue_number>
<issue_period>2013 (April - June)</issue_period>
<title>TOXIC IMPACTS OF TWO ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES ON THE ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY AND BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FRESHWATER FAIRY SHRIMP STREPTOCEPHALUS DICHOTOMUS </title>
<abstract>The 96 hrs LC lessThan sub greaterThan 50  lessThan /sub greaterThan values for malathion and glyphosate was determined to be 9.1 ppm and 5.5 ppb, respectively on the fairy shrimp,  lessThan i greaterThan Streptocephalus dichotomus  lessThan /i greaterThan preadults. The 1/5 lessThan sup greaterThan th lessThan /sup greaterThan  of 96 hrs LC lessThan sub greaterThan 50 lessThan /sub greaterThan  of malathion (2.0 ppm) and glyphosate (1.1 ppb) respectively was chosen. The sub lethal toxic effect of each of these pesticides on the acetylcholinesterase activity (AchE) of  lessThan i greaterThan S. dichotomus lessThan /i greaterThan  was assayed on days 0 and 15 lessThan sup greaterThan th lessThan /sup greaterThan  of exposure, and found to be significantly decreased (0.13±0.006 nmol/mg/min) in malathion than in glyphosate when compared with control. Furthermore, the contents of selected biochemical constituents (total protein, carbohydrate and lipid) of  lessThan i greaterThan S. dichotomus lessThan /i greaterThan  were estimated on '0', 15 lessThan sup greaterThan th lessThan /sup greaterThan  and 30 lessThan sup greaterThan th lessThan /sup greaterThan  days of exposures, and found to be decreased significantly on 30 lessThan sup greaterThan th lessThan /sup greaterThan  day in both the pesticides when compared to control. The results indicated the fact that these pesticides are toxic to  lessThan i greaterThan S. dichotomus lessThan /i greaterThan  at the tested concentrations.</abstract>
<authors>ARUN KUMAR M.S AND A. JAWAHAR ALI</authors>
<keywords>AchE, Malathion, Glyphosate, S. dichotomus, Protein, Carbohydrate, Lipid.</keywords>
<pages>966-972</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
