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Effects of Glyphosate-Based Herbicide (Excel Mera 71) on Digestive Enzymes and Recovery Pattern in Teleostean Fishes

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Present study was aimed to note the effects of glyphosate-based herbicide, Excel Mera 71 (17.20 mg/L) on digestive enzyme activity in teleostean fishes, Anabas testudineus (Bloch) and Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch) and their subsequent recovery responses under Liv.52 for a period of 30 days. Amylase activity was raised highly in intestine of A. testudineus (674.07%) and was lowest in liver of H. fossilis (180.14%). Lipase activity showed highest elevation in liver of H. fossilis (182.14%) and lowest in intestine of A. testudineus (70.77%). Highest elevation of protease activity was observed in intestine of H. fossilis (376.92%) but was lowest in liver of A. testudineus (138.46%). During depuration phase, these enzyme activities significantly came down towards the control value which indicated compensatory responses against herbicidal toxicosis. Therefore, it can also be inferred that these responses of A. testudineus and H. fossilis to Excel Mera 71 and Liv.52 exposures could be considered as biomarkers against herbicidal toxicosis in aquatic ecosystem, although it needs further studies on mechanistic pathway to investigate the detailed mechanism involved in recovery responses.

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The authors like to thank the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for the financial assistance through DST INSPIRE Fellowship Program (DST/INSPIRE Fellowship/2011/164, Dt. 29.09.2011) to Dr Palas Samanta. We also like to thank the Head, Department of Environmental Science, the University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India for providing the laboratory and library facilities during the course of research. Dr Samanta presently joined Korea University as post-doctoral fellow through National Research Foundation Program. We are also thankful to the respective reviewers for improving the quality of this paper.

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  1. Ecotoxicology Lab, Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, 713104, West Bengal, India

    Palas Samanta, Tarakeshwar Senapati & Apurba Ratan Ghosh

  2. Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea

    Palas Samanta

  3. Department of Environmental Science, Aghorekamini Prakashchandra Mahavidyalaya, Bengai, Hooghly, 712611, West Bengal, India

    Sandipan Pal

  4. P.G. Department of Conservation Biology, Durgapur Govt. College, Durgapur, 713214, West Bengal, India

    Aloke Kumar Mukherjee

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Samanta, P., Pal, S., Mukherjee, A.K. et al. Effects of Glyphosate-Based Herbicide (Excel Mera 71) on Digestive Enzymes and Recovery Pattern in Teleostean Fishes. Proc Zool Soc 72, 54–60 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-017-0255-6

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