Abstract:
The muscles of fresh water fish, Tor putitora (Hamilton) netted from two sites of polluted part of the River Kabul were analyzed for various biochemical parameters and compared with control fish caught from Warsak Dam. The total proteins in muscles of the fish from polluted-water were 12% high in sample I (less polluted) as compared with 90% in sample 2. Soluble proteins, however, remained unaffected in sample I but showed 77% increase in sample 2. The muscles of fish caught from polluted sites 1 and 2 had 17% and 12% less cholesterol, 41% and 51% less glucose, 24% and 4% less DNA, 19% and 43% less GOT, and 46% and 49% less GVI`, respectively compared with the muscle of fish caught from Warsak Dam (Control). The muscles of fish caught from sites I and 2 had 41% and 100% more total lipids, 19% more DNA in both, 36% and 43% more amylase activity and 22% and 46% more LDH, respectively from site I and site 2 with reference to control fish. The fish at site 2 had 31% more amino acid (FAA) and 97% more free fatty acid (FFA), whereas at site 1 the muscle had 12% less FAA and 54% less FFA compared to control fish. The present study has shown that the ambient toxicants cause significant variation in most of the biochemical parameters of muscle of fish from polluted water in relation to control by showing hyperproteinemic, hypoglycemic, hyperlipemic and hypocholesterolemic conditions.
Page(s):
215-227
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Year: 2007