African land snail Achatina marginatus, as bioindicator of environmental pollution
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Activity of xanthine oxidase, levels of lipid peroxidation and ascorbic acid were studied in African land snail (Achatina marginatus) from two sites with different pollution potentials. Lipid peroxidation was significantly higher in the snails from the polluted site compared to the value obtained from the same species from the control site. Similarly, the activity of xanthine oxidase in the snails from the polluted site was significantly higher when matched with the value obtained for the corresponding species from the control site. Conversely, ascorbic acid content in the snails from the polluted site was significantly lower compared to the value obtained for the snails from the control site. The data presented here suggest that the upregulation of the activity of xanthine oxidase level of lipid peroxidation and the corresponding reduction in ascorbic acid content is related to oxidative stress in this species and could therefore possibly make it a bioindicator of environmental pollution.
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