Background: Solanum pubescens Willd, growing wild in the hills of Rayadurg jurisdiction of Southwestern Andhra Pradesh, has gained significant attention among researchers for its diverse folkloric applications, existence of novel phytochemicals and leaf extracts which hold great medicinal promises. To date, the S. pubescens fruit's essential oil (SPO) has never been investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The current study was performed aiming to evaluate possible changes in the effect on oxygen consumption, hematology and gill histopathological parameters in fish () upon exposure to sublethal concentration of the metalloid arsenic.
Methods: Bioassay tests were conducted for determining the LC values of arsenic for 96 h. Oxygen consumption in control and arsenic-exposed fish was estimated using Winkler's method.