. 2021 Mar 23;10(2):292–298. doi: 10.1093/toxres/tfab010

Table 2.

Tail length and tail moment in liver and kidney of C. punctatus exposed to different concentrations of 2NS for different hours

Tail length (μm)
Tissue		24 h	48 h	72 h	96 h	10 days	20 days	30 days
Liver	Control	22.7 ± 0.20^a,p	22.63 ± 0.56^a,p	23.46 ± 0.60^a,p	23.66 ± 0.69^a,p	24.20 ± 1.28^a,p	23.43 ± 0.52^a,p	23.03 ± 0.44^a,p
	0.16 mg/15 g b.w.	24.86 ± 0.69^b,p	26.10 ± 0.30^b,pq	27.33 ± 0.39^b,pq	30.13 ± 0.51^b,q	26.63 ± 0.86^a,pq	20.43 ± 1.85^a,r	23.33 ± 0.84^a,pr
	0.33 mg/15 g b.w.	27.86 ± 0.69^c,p	29.60 ± 0.36^c,pq	32.20 ± 0.75^c,q	37.20 ± 0.32^c,r	29.13 ± 1.23^a,pq	21.76 ± 0.60^a,s	20.56 ± 0.75^a,s
Kidney	Control	20.80 ± 0.43^a,p	21.06 ± 0.31^a,p	20.83 ± 0.13^a,p	20.87 ± 0.49^a,p	21.06 ± 0.31^a,p	19.97 ± 0.46^a,p	19.34 ± 0.75^a,p
	0.16 mg/15 g b.w.	21.36 ± 0.32^a,p	22.31 ± 0.41^a,pq	23.54 ± 0.42^a,q	26.53 ± 0.65^b,r	24.41 ± 0.36^b,qr	19.97 ± 0.46^a,p	21.03 ± 0.54^a,p
	0.33 mg/15 g b.w.	23.26 ± 0.32^b,p	24.94 ± 0.08^b,pq	30.33 ± 1.15^b,r	37.54 ± 0.42^c,s	26.97 ± 0.69^c,q	21.96 ± 0.63^a,ps	20.94 ± 0.58^a,s
Tail moment (μm)
Liver	Control	4.19 ± 0.25^a,p	4.69 ± 0.06^a,p	4.37 ± 0.42^a,p	4.35 ± 0.32^a,p	4.08 ± 0.48^a,p	4.48 ± 0.19^a,p	4.60 ± 0.14^a,p
	0.16 mg/15 g b.w.	5.14 ± 0.29^a,pq	5.73 ± 0.44^b,pq	5.79 ± 0.55^a,q	8.23 ± 0.61^b,r	6.55 ± 0.22^b,qr	4.94 ± 0.11^a,pq	3.76 ± 0.50^a,p
	0.33 mg/15 g b.w.	5.48 ± 0.25^b,p	7.30 ± 0.29^b,pq	7.52 ± 0.37^b,pq	11.74 ± 0.92^c,r	8.79 ± 0.61^c,q	6.96 ± 0.12^b,pq	6.81 ± 0.60^b,pq
Kidney	Control	4.13 ± 0.34^a,p	3.54 ± 0.21 ^a,p	3.84 ± 0.08 ^a,p	4.09 ± 0.31 ^a,p	3.57 ± 0.24 ^a,p	4.11 ± 0.30 ^a,p	3.74 ± 0.03 ^a,p
	0.16 mg/15 g b.w.	4.89 ± 0.07^a,pq	5.80 ± 0.55^b,pq	6.31 ± 0.60^a,q	6.87 ± 0.08^b,q	6.31 ± 0.61^b,q	5.21 ± 0.60^a,pq	3.63 ± 0.31^a,p
	0.33 mg/15 g b.w.	4.37 ± 0.37 ^a,p	5.99 ± 0.57^b,pq	6.84 ± 1.04^a,q	6.89 ± 0.10^b,q	7.71 ± 0.30^b,q	6.94 ± 0.08^b,q	7.27 ± 0.32^b,q

The degree of significance was P ≤ 0.05.

Results are provided in mean values along with standard errors (SE). Different letters a, b, c signify effect of treatment at the same time interval and p, q, r signify effect of concentration at different hours of exposure (one-way ANOVA).