• Beena S Kurup
• Dr. Sreejai .R
• Dr. Neena Suzzan Joshua

Ekalux is an organophosphate class of pesticide commonly used as an insecticide in the agricultural field of Kerala. The present study is focused on the effects of sub lethal (1ppm) and lethal (2.5ppm) concentrations of ekalux toxicity in the liver of fresh water fish Tilapia mossambica for seven days of exposure with parallel untreated control fish. The present experiment revealed that there is dose dependent alterations like degenerations of hepatic cells (DHC), necrotic areas (NC), pycnotic nuclei, dispersed nuclei (DN), granular cytoplasm, destructed erythrocytes etc. were observed in the liver cells. The study affirms the view that histopathological analysis is a suitable method in toxicological studies to understand the pathological conditions of tissues under stress.

Ekalux, Tilapia mossambica, Histopathology, Toxicity.

"IMPACT OF SHORT-TERM EKALUX EXPOSURE IN THE LIVER TISSUES OF FRESH WATER TILAPIA (Tilapia mossambica)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.108-111, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906K02.pdf

"IMPACT OF SHORT-TERM EKALUX EXPOSURE IN THE LIVER TISSUES OF FRESH WATER TILAPIA (Tilapia mossambica)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp108-111, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906K02.pdf