Some Biochemical Abnormalities Caused by Cypermethrin in Adults of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst.) |
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Authors: | Muhammad ASHFAQ Shahid Mehmood KHALID Waseem AKRAM Riaz HUSSAIN Jong-Jin LEE |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Bio-Resources Science, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561-756, Korea;Dept. of Agri. Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan |
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Abstract: | Biochemical effects of sub lethal doses LC10 and LC20 of cypermethrin were studied on some enzymes and macromolecule activities of adult beetles of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst.). Cypermethrin caused disturbances in levels of all biochemical components under study. The dose of 0.78 ppm caused abnormalities in α‐amylase and FAA by increasing their activities i.e., 45.45% and 21.97% significantly. The higher sub lethal dose of 2.62 ppm disturbed all the parameters (AcP, α‐amylase, soluble protein and FAA) except AkP, which was decreased by 93.06%. Moreover, sub lethal doses either increased or decreased the levels of all parameters non‐significantly except AkP and FAA which were effected significantly by 87.92% and 14.29% at lower and higher doses, respectively. In the present studies, cypermethrin significantly enhanced the activity of AkP in both susceptible and resistant strains of T. castaneum adult beetles while FAA contents were increased significantly in resistant strain only. The activity of α‐amylase was significantly lowered in susceptible strain only. |
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Keywords: | Sub lethal doses Cypermethrin Tribolium castaneum Alkaline phosphatase (AkP) Acid phosphatase (AcP) α-amylase |
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