Table 4 Effect of dietary Curcumin on chromium bioaccumulation in water and different fish tissues of P. hypophthalmus reread under chromium and ammonia toxicity for 40 days.

From: Curcumin as a protective agent against chromium and ammonia toxicity using molecular and biochemical approaches in fish

Treatments

Control

Cr + NH3

Cum-0.1%-Cr + NH3

Cum-0.1%-Cr + NH3

Water (µg L− 1)

0.01 ± 0.0

2352.94 ± 11.21

492.05 ± 9.14

580.54 ± 3.23

Muscle (mg L− 1)

ND

1.76 ± 0.07

0.17 ± 0.03

0.70 ± 0.18

Liver (mg L− 1)

0.04 ± 0.0

3.40 ± 0.09

1.57 ± 0.04

1.86 ± 0.05

Kidney (mg L− 1)

0.01 ± 0.0

3.17 ± 0.03

1.62 ± 0.08

2.05 ± 0.05

Gill (mg L− 1)

0.02 ± 0.0

2.47 ± 0.21

1.41 ± 0.22

1.14 ± 0.02

Brain (mg L− 1)

ND

0.88 ± 0.05

0.40 ± 0.09

0.27 ± 0.03

  1. Data expressed as Mean ± SE (n = 5).
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