Table-1.

Some serum biochemical parameters of Nile tilapia, O. niloticus (mean values±SE) after 7 days from fish exposure to NP.

Parameters	Groups			F test
	Group 1 control	Group 2 solvent control (acetone)	Group 3 NP
Total proteins (g/dl)	2.23b±0.16	2.57ab±0.12	3.07a±0.20	*
Albumin (g/dl)	1.00±0.12	0.91±0.05	1.00±0.06	NS
Globulins (g/dl)	1.28b±0.10	1.65ab±0.15	2.01a±0.17	*
ALT (U/L)	2.94b±0.41	2.56b±0.13	18.94a±2.21	**
AST (U/L)	19.27b±2.00	72.76a±7.68	86.58a±3.36	**
TG (mg/dl)	92.53b±8.50	64.78b±13.94	146.27a±5.47	**
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	136.53b±9.03	151.68b±11.53	217.53a±3.44	**
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.99b±0.02	0.64b±0.04	1.55a±0.21	**
Uric acid (mg/dl)	1.00ab±0.01	0.70b±0.03	1.29a±0.26	*

Means in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different.

^**Highly significant difference at p≤0.01,

^*Significant difference at p≤0.05.

NS=Non significant, SE=Standard error, ALT=Alanine aminotransferase, AST=Aspartate aminotransferase, TG=Triglycerides, NP=Nonylphenol, O. niloticus=Oreochromis niloticus