Table 2.
Results of biochemial examination during atrazine exposure and recovery period.
| Indices | 96 h toxicity test | 7-day recovery test in pure water | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 5 mg·L−1 | 15 mg·L−1 | 20 mg·L−1 | 30 mg·L−1 | Control | 5 mg·L−1 | 15 mg·L−1 | |
| Glucose (mmol·L−1) | 3.42 ± 0.20a | 9.15 ± 0.62b | 23.03 ± 1.30c | 22.47 ± 2.32c | 28.02 ± 3.79c | 3.55 ± 0.24a | 3.55 ± 0.26a | 3.39 ± 0.23a |
| Total protein (g·L−1) | 19.59 ± 1.11a | 20.97 ± 0.91a | 26.52 ± 0.91b | 23.12 ± 1.34ab | 17.13 ± 4.7a | 22.40 ± 0.62ab | 19.36 ± 0.40a | 21.72 ± 0.47ab |
| Albumin (g·L−1) | 6.02 ± 0.39ab | 6.99 ± 0.53bc | 8.05 ± 0.29b | 3.87 ± 0.70a | 4.59 ± 2.12ac | 5.93 ± 0.40ab | 5.65 ± 0.25ac | 6.20 ± 0.32bc |
| ALT (μkatal·L−1) | 0.17 ± 0.01a | 0.27 ± 0.03acd | 0.46 ± 0.09bc | 0.50 ± 0.07bd | 0.60 ± 0.15b | 0.25 ± 0.01ac | 0.26 ± 0.02ac | 0.49 ± 0.06bd |
| AST (μkatal·L−1) | 2.33 ± 0.13a | 2.45 ± 0.38a | 3.33 ± 0.31ac | 5.15 ± 0.36b | 4.73 ± 0.67bc | 3.31 ± 0.33ac | 3.27 ± 0.14ac | 2.81 ± 0.27a |
| ALP (μkatal·L−1) | 0.21 ± 0.03a | 0.32 ± 0.05ab | 0.42 ± 0.02b | 0.37 ± 0.03bc | 0.24 ± 0.07ac | 0.30 ± 0.02ab | 0.30 ± 0.03ab | 0.35 ± 0.03bc |
| LDH (μkatal·L−1) | 3.98 ± 0.58ab | 3.02 ± 0.61ab | 4.57 ± 1.13ab | 10.15 ± 0.89c | 5.84 ± 1.35b | 5.26 ± 0.65b | 2.22 ± 0.13a | 2.02 ± 0.21a |
| Lactate (mmol·L−1) | 1.64 ± 0.30b | 0.73 ± 0.10ad | 0.90 ± 0.10ab | 0.94 ± 0.10ab | 0.40 ± 0.10a | 1.45 ± 0.20bd | 1.62 ± 0.13b | 2.63 ± 0.20c |
| Phosphorus (mmol·L−1) | 2.07 ± 0.08c | 1.28 ± 0.11ad | 1.12 ± 0.06a | 1.55 ± 0.08bd | 1.07 ± 0.10a | 1.76 ± 0.09bc | 1.62 ± 0.10bd | 1.88 ± 0.07bc |
| Calcium (mmol·L−1) | 2.04 ± 0.02bc | 2.06 ± 0.03c | 1.86 ± 0.03b | 1.52 ± 0.03a | 1.51 ± 0.03a | 1.90 ± 0.08bc | 1.91 ± 0.02bc | 2.03 ± 0.03bc |
Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of mean. Significant differences (P < 0.05) are indicated by different alphabetic superscripts (a legend: ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase).