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Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33059086

ABSTRACT

We aimed to understand the toxic effects of two crop protecting agents, organophosphate pesticide, chlorpyrifos (CPF) and fertilizer, urea (U), and their binary mixtures at sublethal concentrations for 28-d in a freshwater fish Channa punctata with a battery of biochemical biomarkers in gill and liver. The study has practical value as such mixtures, so often present together in water in the agro-intensive areas, might be predicted to cause cocktail effects. Both CPF and U inhibited AChE, augmented SOD, CAT, GPx activities, and caused lipid peroxidation and depletion in tissue macromolecules in a concentration and duration-dependent manner. While U alone had less severe effects compared to CPF treatments, complex interactions were observed for three combination doses (1CPF + 1U, 2CPF + 1U, 1CPF + 2U). In their mutual effects, antagonism prevailed over other interactions when CPF and U were in equal proportion in the mixture, while synergism was observed for AchE and key antioxidant enzymes when more U was in the mixture. The present study concluded that urea in water bodies might impart adverse effects in combination with pesticides in non-target aquatic organisms such as fish, and there should be a restriction in its excessive usage.


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Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism , Antioxidants/metabolism , Chlorpyrifos/toxicity , Fishes/metabolism , Gills/drug effects , Liver/drug effects , Urea/toxicity , Animals , Catalase/metabolism , Drug Synergism , Fresh Water , Gills/enzymology , Gills/metabolism , Glutathione Peroxidase/metabolism , Liver/enzymology , Liver/metabolism , Malondialdehyde/metabolism , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Pesticides/toxicity , Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism , Water Pollutants, Chemical/toxicity
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