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Table 4 Mean (± SE) values of liver enzymes in 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 (IU/l)

AST (IU/l)

ALP (IU/l)

Urea (IU/l)

Creatinine (IU/l)

Control

1.76 ± 0.03a*

22.24 ± 2.18a

5.33 ± 0.45b

4.33 ± 0.14a

10.33 ± 0.91c

15.69 ± 0.93a

113.33 ± 2.13a

0.0125

1.67 ± 0.1a

10.96 ± 1.02a

8.33 ± 0.23ab

5.33 ± 0.91a

223.66 ± 1.72a

11.38 ± 1.11c

150.00 ± 3.14a

0.025

0.77 ± 0.0a

11.54 ± 1.93a

4.50 ± 0.41b

5.50 ± 0.72a

14.00 ± 1.87c

12.24 ± 1.09bc

55.00 ± 1.96a

0.05

1.67 ± 0.0a

11.74 ± 0.97a

16.00 ± 1.20a

12.33 ± 0.21b

76.33 ± 2.24b

13.09 ± 0.9b

130.00 ± 4.81a

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