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Effects of cadmium on the activities of ALT and AST as well as the content of TP in plasma of freshwater turtle Mauremys reevesii

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Cadmium (Cd) is one of the toxic metals in the aquatic environment. This study was designed to examine the effects of Cd on the activities of ALT and AST and the concentrations of TP in plasma of freshwater turtle Mauremys reevesii. Experiment turtles were exposed to Cd at the concentration of 15 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection. The activities of ALT and AST and the concentrations of TP were investigated. Compared with the controls, the activities of ALT and AST in plasma of the treated turtles significantly increased. The concentrations of TP were comparable between the treated turtles and the controls except that were higher than the control turtles in 14 days (14 d) and 56 days (56 d). As a result that turtles exposed to Cd were led to liver function damage.

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This work was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (grant number 201801D121229), Foundation of Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanxi province (grant number 2016ZYYC05), Scientific Research Fund for the Doctoral Young Scholars (Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine) (grant number 2015BK13), and the Shanxi Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Encephalopathy (Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine) (grant number 2018PY-008).

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  1. Junfeng Huo and Aiguo Dong are joint first co-authorship. These authors contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Shanxi Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Encephalopathy, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China

    Junfeng Huo, Aiguo Dong & Juanjuan Yan

  2. Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Qianan, Tangshan, Hebei Province, China

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Huo, J., Dong, A., Yan, J. et al. Effects of cadmium on the activities of ALT and AST as well as the content of TP in plasma of freshwater turtle Mauremys reevesii. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 18025–18028 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08338-7

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