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TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECT OF MEDICINAL PLANT CALOTROPIS GIGANTEAN ON PROTEASE ACTIVITY IN DIFFERENT TISSUES OF THE FRESHWATER BIVALVE, LAMELLIDENS MARGINALIS.

    2 Author(s):  SWADESH KUMARI , AMIT SHARMA

Vol -  8, Issue- 11 ,         Page(s) : 268 - 271  (2017 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ

Abstract

Calotropin, Calotropis gigantean extract is common medicinal plant of family apocynaceae. It is commonly known as Arka or Jayanti in ayurveda. This plant is widely distributed in the planes of Asia and Africa and grow profusely in the wild and found throughout India. All part of the plants is have intoxicant, narcotic, aphrodisiac, toxic, antispasmodic anodynous properties has created a lot of environmental stress to the aquatic world and threatened the survival of a few bivalve species. The bivalves were collected from ponds and paddy field around Gajroula, district Amroha. The bivalves were exposed to sub-lethal concentration 0.0007% (70 mg/l) of Calotropin at acute (48 and 96 hrs) and chronic (15 and 30 days) exposure.

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