Cypermethrin induced modulations in lipid metabolism of freshwater teleost, Tilapia mossambica

Reddy, A.T.; Ayyanna, K.; Yellamma, K.

Biochemistry International 23(5): 963-967

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0158-5231
PMID: 1883403
Document Number: 383668
Significant changes in lipid metabolic profiles were observed in brain, liver and gill tissues of Tilapia mossambica under chronic exposure to sublethal concentrations of cypermethrin. Increase in total lipid, lipase and free fatty acids with decrease in glycerol content suggests simultaneous operation of lipogenesis and lipolysis during cypermethrin stress. Phospholipid levels dropped, while cholesterol content increased in all the tissues as a consequence of cypermethrin toxicity.

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