Genotoxic impact of agricultural insecticides as contaminants of river Teesta on the resident fish Pethia Conchonius.

Fish, being highly sensitive to changes in the physico-chemical parameters of water, are good indicators of contamination. Teesta, a prominent northern West Bengal River system, is increasingly contaminated due to anthropogenic activities. This study aims to determine agricultural pesticide contamination and its genotoxic impact on the resident fish, Pethia conchonius, as an experimental organism.

Azoxystrobin induced genotoxicity in Pethia conchonius, a freshwater fish of river Teesta, India.

Azoxystrobin, a widely used fungicide, can contaminate water bodies through surface run-off, posing a risk to aquatic organisms. This study aimed to assess the genotoxic effects of azoxystrobin on the fish Pethia conchonius. The 96 h lethal concentration (LC) of azoxystrobin was determined to be 0.

Toxicological profiling of methanolic seed extract of Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet: in-vitro and in-vivo analysis.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Abutilon indicum, a shrub of the Malvaceae family, is found abundantly in tropical countries like India. A. indicum is widely used for its high medicinal properties.

Assessment of imidacloprid induced genotoxicity in (Rosy barb), a common freshwater fish of India.

Imidacloprid is one of the highly efficient, globally used neonicotinoid groups of insecticides. The indiscriminate use of imidacloprid is contaminating large water bodies affecting not only the target organisms but also non-target organisms including fish. The present study aimed to assess the extent of nuclear DNA damage by imidacloprid in a freshwater fish in India using comet and micronucleus assays.