Journal of Clinical Toxicology
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Department of Animal/Fisheries Science and Management, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Research Article   
  Ameliorative Potential of Moringa oleifera Leaf Extract on Acute Toxicity induced by Cassava Wastewater Exposure in Fingerlings Clarias gariepinus
  Author(s): Christopher Onyemaechi Ezike*, Agbo, A.N and Uwadiegwu, N.C
  
  The study investigated the acute toxicity of the lethal doses and the use of Moringa, Moringa oleifera leaf extract MLE to ameliorate the toxicity of cassava, Manihot esculenta waste water CWW 0.01 mg/L, 0.02 mg/L, 0.03 mg/L, 0.04 mg/L, 0.05 mg/L and 0.00 mg/L of clean water exposed to 360 fingerlings of Clarias gariepinus 2.00 ± 0.02 g, 2.50 ± 0.10 cm in a static fisheries laboratory bioassay, Enugu lat. 7.4 N; 80 7’5 and long 60 8’E. 70 6’ W for 96 hours. The acute concentrations were ameliorated with 2.00 mg/L MLE and replicated thrice in 18 plastic bowls. Exposed fish indicated stress characteristics such as erratic movements, air gulping and immobilization, loss of balance and period of quiescence before death. Dose dependent ventilation rate and tail beat frequency were indicated at the onset of the experiment but declin.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0495.23.13.540

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