Vol. 4 (05) pp. 754-759 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/418

ASSESSMENT OF ALTERATIONS INDUCED BY FLY ASH ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN EISENIA FETIDA.

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Abstract

Fly ash is a serious source of air pollution since it remains air borne for a long period of time and causes health hazards. Besides being a health hazard, fly ash degrades the environment. Earthworms are globally accepted as a model organism in terrestrial ecotoxicology for assessment of environment pollution. This study evaluated the effect of different concentrations of fly ash on biochemical responses in the earthworm, Eisenia fetida. Earthworms were allowed to grow in different proportion of fly ash (70-30%, 50-50% and 30-70%) for 1, 7 and 14 day. The biochemical markers viz. catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and malondialdehyde (MDA) level were measured. The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and malondialdehyde (MDA) were significantly increased. These results demonstrate that fly ash has adverse biological effects on the indicator organism Eisenia fetida.

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Suman Sharma and Harsimran Kaur. (2016); ASSESSMENT OF ALTERATIONS INDUCED BY FLY ASH ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN EISENIA FETIDA., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 4 (05), 754-759, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/418

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