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Table 2 Mean (± SE) concentrations of gill enzymes of C. gariepinus treated with Corexit 9500 dispersant

From: Biochemical toxicity of Corexit 9500 dispersant on the gills, liver and kidney of juvenile Clarias gariepinus

Treatments (ml/l)

SOD (mmol/l)

CAT (mmol/l)

ALT (Iμ/l)

AST (IU/l)

ALP (IU/l)

Urea (IU/l)

Creatinine (IIU/l)

ALT to AST (ratio)

Control

2.79 ± 0.23a*

8.76 ± 1.03a

16.00d

12.66 ± 0.23d

16.33 ± 4.01c

12.43 ± 1.18ab

190.00a

1.26

0.0125

0.35 ± 0.02b

5.68 ± 0.94ab

41.33 ± 2.19a

42.00 ± 1.92a

208.66 ± 23.10a

11.44 ± 0.97b

123.33 ± 2.97a

0.98

0.025

0.92 ± 0.01ab

4.86 ± 0.83b

27.00b

30.66 ± 0.92b

12.66 ± 1.09c

14.40 ± 2.24a

139.66 ± 9.18c

0.88

0.05

0.86 ± 0.01ab

7.27 ± 1.12ab

21.50 ± 3.02c

23.00 ± 2.10c

30.50 ± 2.01b

12.32 ± 4.01ab

132.11 ± 2.01c

0.93

  1. *Groups with the different superscript letters in the same column are significantly different from each other (P < 0.05)