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Changes in nutritional values induced by butachlor in juvenile diploid and triploid Clarias gariepinus

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There is a paucity of information about the effects of environmental stressors on nutritional values in fish. This study investigated the effects of the organochlorine pesticide, butachlor, on key indicators of nutritional value in both diploid and triploid African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). Amino acids (AA), fatty acids (FA), and the proximate composition (protein, lipid, moisture, and ash content) in the white muscle of full-sibling juvenile fish were measured following a 21-day exposure to graded butachlor concentrations [mean measured: 26.3, 48.4, and 66.1 µg/L]. No significant differences in AAs, FAs, protein, lipid, moisture, or ash content were observed between unexposed diploid and triploid fish. In diploids, exposure to butachlor significantly altered the concentrations of some of the AAs and FAs, and protein content, when compared to the control group. In triploid fish, however, butachlor treatments had no effect on the AA or proximate composition, but significantly changed the concentration of two individual FAs in the muscle. Butachlor treatments showed fewer changes in the nutritional values of triploid fish. This research is the first to study the nutritional values in any polyploid animals following the exposure to a contaminant.

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Abbreviations

AA:

Amino acid

FA:

Fatty acid

Asp:

Aspartic acid

Ser:

Serine

Glu:

Glutamic acid

Gly:

Glycine

His:

Histidine

Arg:

Arginine

Thr:

Threonine

Ala:

Alanine

Pro:

Proline

Cys:

Cystine

Tyr:

Tyrosine

Val:

Valine

Met:

Methionine

Lys:

Lysine

Ile:

Isoleucine

Leu:

Leucine

Phe:

Phenylalanine

C14:0:

Myristic acid

C16:0:

Palmitic acid

C18:0:

Stearic acid

C16:1:

Palmitoleic acid

C18:1n-9:

Oleic acid

C18:2n-6:

Linoleic acid

C18:3n-3:

α-linolenic acid

C20:5n-3:

Eicosapentaenoic acid

C22:5n-3:

Docosapentaenoic acid

C22:6n-3:

Docosahexaenoic acid

SFAs:

Saturated fatty acids

MUFAs:

Monounsaturated fatty acid

PUFAs:

Polyunsaturated fatty acids

USFAs:

Unsaturated fatty acids

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Acknowledgements

This study was financially supported by the E-Science Grant (01-02-05-SF0017), Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Government of Malaysia.

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  1. Laboratory of Aquatic Toxicology, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    A. Karami & S. Karbalaei

  2. Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. Ebrahimi

  3. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    A. Ismail

  4. Laboratory of Animal Production, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. F. Jahromi & J. B. Liang

  5. Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO Land and Water, Locked Bag 2007, Kirrawee, NSW, 2234, Australia

    S. L. Simpson

  6. Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS), Tehran, Iran

    P. Eghtesadi Araghi

  7. School of Life Sciences, University Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia

    R. P. Lim

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Karami, A., Karbalaei, S., Ebrahimi, M. et al. Changes in nutritional values induced by butachlor in juvenile diploid and triploid Clarias gariepinus . Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 15, 2117–2128 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-017-1582-x

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