Study of effect of Malathion and Magnesium sulphate induced changes in Erythrocytes count of Channa striatus

Abstract

The present paper described the short term effect of organophosphorus pesticide malathion and magnesium sulphate individually and in combination on the erythrocytes of Channa striatus. The result obtained showed that 96 hours exposure of Malathion decreases erythrocytes count up to 75%, while Magnesium sulphate showed no significant change in erythrocytes count .However, Magnesium Sulphate in combination with malathion decreases the malathion toxicity to erythrocytes up to 55.76%. Thus , present findings clearly indicates that magnesium sulphate help in reducing the toxicity of Malathion up to certain limit.

Keywords

• Erythrocytes
• Channa striatus
• Malathion
• Magnesium sulphate