Abdel-Halim, K., Hussein, A., Shahin, E., Kenawy, A., Issa., Y. (2009). TERRESTRIAL SNAILS AS BIOINDICATIVE ORGANISM FOR ASSESSING ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF AGROCHEMICALS IN RURAL AREA.. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 34(5), 5327-5335. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2009.188362
K. Y. Abdel-Halim; A. A. Hussein; E. A. Shahin; A. A. Kenawy; Y. H. Issa.. "TERRESTRIAL SNAILS AS BIOINDICATIVE ORGANISM FOR ASSESSING ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF AGROCHEMICALS IN RURAL AREA.". Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 34, 5, 2009, 5327-5335. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2009.188362
Abdel-Halim, K., Hussein, A., Shahin, E., Kenawy, A., Issa., Y. (2009). 'TERRESTRIAL SNAILS AS BIOINDICATIVE ORGANISM FOR ASSESSING ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF AGROCHEMICALS IN RURAL AREA.', Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 34(5), pp. 5327-5335. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2009.188362
Abdel-Halim, K., Hussein, A., Shahin, E., Kenawy, A., Issa., Y. TERRESTRIAL SNAILS AS BIOINDICATIVE ORGANISM FOR ASSESSING ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF AGROCHEMICALS IN RURAL AREA.. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2009; 34(5): 5327-5335. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2009.188362
TERRESTRIAL SNAILS AS BIOINDICATIVE ORGANISM FOR ASSESSING ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF AGROCHEMICALS IN RURAL AREA.
Central Agricultural Pesticides Lab. (CAPL), Agricultural Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt
Abstract
Terrestrial snail, Monacha cantiana was used as a bioindicative organisms to assess the ecotoxicological effect in El Behira governorate. Five districts (El-Dalengat, Kom Hamada, Damanhour, Shoubrakhet and Etay El-Baroud) were selected for the animals collection during winter and spring seasons of 2008/2009. AChE activity was observed at a highest value (71.65 mmole/mg protein/min) in Damanhour district which considered a control zone. Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is an indicative criteria of exposure to chemical stress, was showed the lowest inhibition (13.7 IU/ mg protein) in Etay El-Baroud. On the other hand, from the family of enzymes with important roles in the biotransformation of xenobiotics substances, glutathione-S-transferase (GST) was chosen. It recorded significantly decreasing in activity of snails collected from El-Dalengat, Damanhour and Etay El-Baroud districts, respectively, with values (63.01, 73.54, and 87.99%) compared with control. The terrestrial snail was an efficient bioindicator that accumulate bioavailable contaminants as a diagnosis tools for toxicological responses.