Sl. No.
Dose(mg/kg)
Cellulolytic activityat 100nm Exposure
Cellulolytic activityat 50nm Exposure
Cellulolytic activityat 35nm Exposure
Cellulolytic activityat10nm Exposure
1.
0
176.0 ± 0.96*
175.0 ± 6.56
176.3 ± 7.08
174.5 ± 8.44
2.
0.5
179.2 ± 2.52
173.6 ± 9.14*
164.0 ± 7.24*
176.5 ± 7.77*
3.
1.0
173.4 ± 1.68*
176.9 ± 2.04
189.1 ± 5.04*
176.0 ± 9.62*
4.
1.5
174.4 ± 0.47
176.3 ± 0.71*
173.6 ± 2.28*
196.7 ± 0.82
5.
2.0
174.6 ± 5.32
176.9 ± 2.06
171.1 ± 3.49
203.1 ± 6.68*
6.
2.5
174.3 ± 0.98*
176.7 ± 1.46
168.3 ± 3.22
196.4 ± 3.36
7.
3.0
183.2 ± 416*
181.1 ± 1.16*
152.7 ± 3.58
220.3 ± 4.34
8.
3.5
177.8 ± 8.24
178.2 ± 9.46
167.9 ± 8.88*
237.3 ± 8.28
9.
4.0
176.5 ± 7.84*
179.2 ± 6.28
170.7 ± 3.72*
234.9 ± 7.78*
10.
4.5
187.9 ± 1.38*
173.7 ± 5.16
170.8 ± 0.58
236.3 ± 7.06
11.
5.0
172.5 ± 6.92
174.2 ± 4.13
-
248.0 ± 3.26*
12.
5.5
168.6 ± 5.07
181.4 ± 5.54*
165.1 ± 3.03
255.5 ± 9.02
13.
6.0
183.5 ± 1.66
175.8 ± 2.12
174.3 ± 3.98*
236.3 ± 4.52
14.
6.5
180.6 ± 3.08*
173.0 ± 4.44
171.9 ± 2.05*
242.4 ± 6.72
15.
7.0
173.7 ± 6.02
-
177.2 ± 2.64
242.3 ± 2.96*
16.
7.5
177.9 ± 9.48*
183.4 ± 1.66
166.4 ± 7.72
246.3 ± 1.46*
17.
8.0
184.8 ± 3.45
182.7 ± 9.82*
163.8 ± 6.64
239.0 ± 3.18*
18.
8.5
186.2 ± 7.74*
181.5 ± 3.02
*
251.8 ± 1.12
19.
9.0
187.1 ± 7.06
185.8 ± 9.62
240.7 ± 4.94
245.3 ± 4.53
20.
10.0
185.8 ± 3.38*
181.5 ± 6.16
243.1 ± 2.02*
249.1 ± 3.18
Note: All values are mean and standard deviation of three replicates.
*Significant (p<0.01)
Table 3:
Cellulolytic Activity (μg/g/h) gut of Eisenia fetida after the exposure of different Zinc oxide NPs.
