Effect of Lead on the expression of nutritional content in edible lobster, Thenus orientalis (Lund, 1793)

V  Kalyanaraman and P  Senthil kumaar

doi:10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i10.13

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Effect of Lead on the expression of nutritional content in edible lobster, Thenus orientalis (Lund, 1793)

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i10.13

Year: 2009, Volume: 2, Issue: 10, Pages: 17-22

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Effect of Lead on the expression of nutritional content in edible lobster, Thenus orientalis (Lund, 1793)

V. Kalyanaraman and P. Senthil kumaar

School of Enzymol. & Environ. Toxicol.,,P.G. & Res. Dept. of Zoology, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, India.

*Author for the correspondence:
Senthil kumaar
School of Enzymol. & Environ. Toxicol.
,P.G. & Res. Dept. of Zoology,
Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, India.
E-mail: [email protected]

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Abstract

The edible lobster, Thenus orientalis is an important food of commercial interest in the parts of South India. Evaluation of toxic effect of lead on the chosen animal for the LC50 value and effect of heavy metal lead on the nutritional status viz. protein, carbohydrate and lipid in ovary, spermatheca, hepatopancreas, muscle and haemolymph was made. The results assume greater interest as most water bodies are increasingly subjected to environmental pressure due to pollution.

Keywords: Lead toxicity, lobster, LC50, protein, pollution.