Total protein Free amino acid
Group Liver Muscle Liver Muscle
A (Control) 125.4 ± 1.24a 136.7 ± 0.89a 14.8 ± 0.43a 27.2 ± 0.78a
B (5 µg/L Cypermethrin) 119.2 ± 0.98b 125.5 ± 1.12b 16.4 ± 0.14b 30.3 ± 0.65b
C (10 µg/L Cypermethrin) 114.8 ± 1.07Mc 118.3 ± 0.94c 17.6 ± 0.22c 34.6 ± 0.56c
D (15 µg/L Cypermethrin) 108.9 ± 1.04d 106.4 ± 1.02d 19.2 ± 0.76d 36.7 ± 0.37d
E (20 µg/L Cypermethrin) 100.2 ± 1.11e 96.8 ± 1.01e 20.5 ± 0.53e 38.9 ± 0.44e
Values are means ± SEM for 10 determinationss. a,b,c Column values with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05).
Table 1: Effect of cypermethrin on level (μg/mg) of total protein (TP) levels and free
amino acids (FAA) of the liver and muscle of Clarias gariepinus