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1 Department of Zoology, S.V.K.M’s Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science, Vile Parle (West),Mumbai-400 056, Maharashtra, IN
2 A. J. College of Commerce and Economics, Vile Parle (West),Mumbai-400 056, Maharashtra, IN
Source
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Vol 6, No 1 (2007), Pagination: 121-126
Abstract
Detergents are multiple chemical formulations with cleansing properties in dilute solutions, synonymously referred to as surfactants, syndets and tensides etc. However, detergent is a blanket name for many different compounds. Detergents are extensively used in different chores of life, both domestic and industrial, from where they make their way into rivers, lakes, streams, ponds and seas causing aquatic pollution, and finally entering the food chains at various trophic levels causing catastrophic effects. 'Wheel' is one such synthetic anionic detergent commonly used in and around Mumbai. Changes in tissue glycolytic potential of mollusc Lamellidens marginalis (Lam.) following its exposure to sublethal concentrations of detergent 'Wheel' were studied. A decrease in glycogen level was observed in tissues like hepatopancreas, gill, gonad, mantle and foot of the pelecypod mollusc under stress of the detergent. Among the vital organs, hepatopancreas is the chief metabolic organ in pelecypods and is involved in the regulation of general metabolism by storage and release of reserves. Results of the present study indicate that hepatopancreas suffered maximum damage followed by gill, gonad, mantle and foot in Lamellidens marginalis exposed to sublethal concentrations of the detergent.
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