• P.priyatharsini
• Dr. S. Sivashankari
• Dr. B. Dhanalakshmi

Exposure to heavy metals is an important environmental problem resulting from anthropogenic activities. So, in the present study, the bioaccumulation of heavy metals (Pb, Cd, and Cu) in the muscles of fresh water edible fish Oreochrmis niloticus caught from the Theroor wetland was carried out as they remain present in some or the other form harmful for the human body and its proper functioning and to ascertain its impact on the protein levels in muscle of selected fish Oreochrmis niloticus. The results of the current study indicated that heavy metals in the edible parts of the investigated fish are not in the permissible safety levels for human consumption (FAO/WHO). Thus, this paper gives an overview of the manipulation of fish as a biomarker of heavy metals through proteomic studies which have proven to be very useful in the environmental pollution monitoring.

Heavy metals, Protein, Muscle, Oreochrmis niloticus

"IMPACT OF HEAVY METALS ON THE TISSUES OF FRESH WATER FISH Oreochrmis niloticus – A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.734-747, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906N11.pdf

"IMPACT OF HEAVY METALS ON THE TISSUES OF FRESH WATER FISH Oreochrmis niloticus – A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp734-747, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906N11.pdf