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. 2022 Mar 25;52:102285. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102285

Table 2.

Lethal limits for H2O2exposure in various organisms.

Species Type of assay Effective dosage Reference
Cnidarians Nematostella sp. 14-d 100% mortality 163 μM [216]
Crustaceans Mysis sp. 1-h LC50 29 mM [265]
Calanus finmarchicus 1-h LC50 180 μM [266]
Calanus spp. Stage V larvae 1-h LC50 6.3 mM [227]
Calanus spp. Stage V larvae 25-h LC50 2.3 mM [227]
Calanus spp. Adult 1-h LC50 1.4 mM [227]
Calanus spp. Adult 25-h LC50 900 μM [227]
Crangon septemspinosa 1-h LC50 94 mM [265]
Atemia salina 24-h LC50 24 mM [267]
Crophium volutator 96-h LC50 1.4 mM [268]
Homarus americanus, stage I larva 1-h LC50 48 mM [265]
Homarus gammarus, larvae stages I-IV 1-h LC50 5.2–22 mM [226]
Molluscs Dreissena polymorpha 72-h LC50 890 μM [55]
Fish Siganus fuscescens 24-h LC50 6.6 mM [269]
Trachurus japonicus 24-h LC50 2.6 mM [269]
Oncorhynchus mykiss juveniles 3-h 90% mortality ∼9 μMa [270]
Phytoplankton Microcystis aeruginosa 3-h LC50 7.9–195 μM [207]
Selenastrum capricornutum 3-h LC50 119–625.3 μM [207]
Raphidocelis subcapitata 3-h LC50 359–2088 μM [207]
Prochlorococcus 24-h 100% mortality 800 nM [200]
Zooplankton Daphnia sp. 48-h LC50 164 μM [271]
Moina sp 48-h LC50 58.8 μM [271]
Bacteria Escherichia coli 3 h-LC50 7.8 mM [272]
Escherichia coli 6 h 100% mortality 15 mM [182]
Vibrio coralliilyticus 0.5 h- LC50 ∼15 μM [67]
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Measured in the presence of harmful alga Heterosigma carterae; algal toxins likely enhanced ROS lethality.