Lankesh Yashwant Bhaisare
Research Scholar
Title: Phthalate Alters the Histological Architecture of Gonads of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
Biography
Biography: Lankesh Yashwant Bhaisare
Abstract
The presence of xenobiotics in various environments indicates a serious problem due to their persistent nature and varied toxic effects to the different organisms. Phthalates is a class of xenobiotic which has been reported as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that include industrial compounds with a wide range of toxicological properties. Due to diverse use of phthalates and its leaching property, it eventually concentrates into the water bodies which leads to high health risk to inhabiting organisms. Therefore, the current study was intended to elucidate the effect of Benzyl Butyl Phthalate (BBP) on the gonads of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. The fishes were exposed to the BBP at low and high doses for 5 and 10 days.