Acute toxicity and responses of antioxidant systems to 1-methyl-3-octylimidazolium bromide at different developmental stages of goldfish.

Acute toxicity of 1-methyl-3-octylimidazolium bromide ([C(8)mim]Br) to goldfish at different developmental stages and responses of the antioxidant system in adult goldfish were evaluated in the present study. The results indicate that post-embryonic developmental toxicity of [C(8)mim]Br on goldfish is developmental-stage dependent. The juvenile and larva goldfish are more sensitive to [C(8)mim]Br-toxicity than the adult fish.