Impact of Waste and Fresh Sunflower and Soybean Oils Mixture on some Land Snail's Eggs and Effects on Aminotransferase Enzymes Activity

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

2 Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University

Abstract

This study aims to assess the molluscicide effect of a mixture of waste and fresh sunflower and soybean oils on eggs of land snails Eobania vermiculata, Theba pisana, and Monacha cartusiana. Then, a potent analytical method for separating, identifying, and quantifying the constituents of an oil mixture is gas chromatography (GC). Results showed that the maximum reduction in hatching percentages was 53.33% and 46.67% for E. vermiculata in a mixture of fresh sunflower and soybean oils (FO) and waste oils (WO), respectively, while the lowest was 63.33% and 60.00% for M. cartusiana, respectively. Furthermore, the outcomes of biochemical investigations demonstrated that the highest concentrations of (FO) for M. cartusiana eggs were reported (61.91 and 147.27%) and (127.34 and 196.25%) of AST and ALT, respectively. In contrast, WO recorded (95.42 and 188.82%) and (154.93 & 221.40%) of AST and ALT, respectively. FO for E. vermiculata eggs was recorded at (76.19 and 178.23%) and (93.64 and 187.84%) of AST and ALT, respectively, whereas WO (85.60 and 200.72%) and (110.57 and 216.41%) of AST and ALT, respectively. Finally, the results revealed that the tested compounds can be categorized in declining order of their efficiency as follows: WO > FO on E. vermiculata, followed by T. pisana and M. cartusiana.

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