Evaluation of genotoxic and oxidative stress response to dimethoate in freshwater fish Channa punctatus (Bloch)

• Published in: Chemical speciation and bioavailability Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 111 - 118
• Main Authors: Ali, Daoud, Gend Kumar, Phool, Kumar, Sudhir, Ahmed, Mukhtar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2014
• Subjects: Channa punctata; Channa punctatus; cholinesterase; comet assay; dimethoate; DNA damage; enzyme inhibitors; exposure duration; freshwater fish; genotoxicity; glutathione; lethal concentration 50; lipid peroxidation; mutagens; oxidative stress; stress response; superoxide dismutase

Dimethoate is one of the organophosphate insecticides widely used in agriculture throughout the world and is an inhibitor of cholinesterase in animals. The objective of the present study was to detect oxidative stress and DNA damage induced by dimethoate in the freshwater fish Channa punctatus (C. p...