Acute toxicity of Euphorbia turcomanica on Aphanius dispar
Piscicidal and molluscicidal activities of aqueous extracts of many members of the family Euphorbiaceae are well-known, but the toxicity potential of Euphorbia turcomanica was not yet studied on any aquatic animals. An acute toxicity test was performed by using a four-day static renewal test to dete...
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| author | Homa Zare Ahmad Noori Morteza Yusefzadi Mahdi Banaee |
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| description | Piscicidal and molluscicidal activities of aqueous extracts of many members of the family Euphorbiaceae are well-known, but the toxicity potential of Euphorbia turcomanica was not yet studied on any aquatic animals. An acute toxicity test was performed by using a four-day static renewal test to determine the LC50 value of dried powder of E. turcomanica for the euryhaline fish, Aphanius dispar. The LC50 values at various exposure periods are 0.177±0.039 g/L for 24 hrs, 0.131±0.030 g/L for 48 hrs, 0.073±0.018 g/L for 72 hrs, and 0.052±0.013 g/L for 96 hrs. The toxicity of dried powder of E. turcomanica exhibits a positive correlation between fish mortality and exposure periods. As this is the first report about toxicity of E. turcomanica on A. dispar, the results could be only compared to that of other Euphorbiaceae as well as other fishes. It is concluded that the toxicity potential of E. turcomanica is comparable and close to that of well-documented Euphorbiaceae. It has been suggested that E. turcomanica products cannot be used directly in fish-inhabiting water reservoirs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c558dd1e922a440fb9808f1936f71b692022-12-21T22:45:14ZengUniversity of TehranInternational Journal of Aquatic Biology2383-09562322-52702015-12-0135346351113Acute toxicity of Euphorbia turcomanica on Aphanius disparHoma Zare0Ahmad Noori1Morteza Yusefzadi2Mahdi Banaee3Department of Fisheries Science, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.Department of Fisheries Science, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran.Piscicidal and molluscicidal activities of aqueous extracts of many members of the family Euphorbiaceae are well-known, but the toxicity potential of Euphorbia turcomanica was not yet studied on any aquatic animals. An acute toxicity test was performed by using a four-day static renewal test to determine the LC50 value of dried powder of E. turcomanica for the euryhaline fish, Aphanius dispar. The LC50 values at various exposure periods are 0.177±0.039 g/L for 24 hrs, 0.131±0.030 g/L for 48 hrs, 0.073±0.018 g/L for 72 hrs, and 0.052±0.013 g/L for 96 hrs. The toxicity of dried powder of E. turcomanica exhibits a positive correlation between fish mortality and exposure periods. As this is the first report about toxicity of E. turcomanica on A. dispar, the results could be only compared to that of other Euphorbiaceae as well as other fishes. It is concluded that the toxicity potential of E. turcomanica is comparable and close to that of well-documented Euphorbiaceae. It has been suggested that E. turcomanica products cannot be used directly in fish-inhabiting water reservoirs.http://ij-aquaticbiology.com/index.php/ijab/article/view/114Euphorbia turcomanica, Dried powder, Piscicidal, Killifish. |
| spellingShingle | Homa Zare Ahmad Noori Morteza Yusefzadi Mahdi Banaee Acute toxicity of Euphorbia turcomanica on Aphanius dispar International Journal of Aquatic Biology Euphorbia turcomanica, Dried powder, Piscicidal, Killifish. |
| title | Acute toxicity of Euphorbia turcomanica on Aphanius dispar |
| title_full | Acute toxicity of Euphorbia turcomanica on Aphanius dispar |
| title_fullStr | Acute toxicity of Euphorbia turcomanica on Aphanius dispar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute toxicity of Euphorbia turcomanica on Aphanius dispar |
| title_short | Acute toxicity of Euphorbia turcomanica on Aphanius dispar |
| title_sort | acute toxicity of euphorbia turcomanica on aphanius dispar |
| topic | Euphorbia turcomanica, Dried powder, Piscicidal, Killifish. |
| url | http://ij-aquaticbiology.com/index.php/ijab/article/view/114 |
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