Abstract Honey is a suitable matrix for the evaluation of environmental contaminants including organochlorine insecticides. The present study was conducted to evaluate residues fifteen insecticides in honey samples unifloral and multifloral origins from Dir, Pakistan. (5 g each) were extracted with GC grade organic solvents then subjected Rotary Evaporator till dryness. extracts mixed n-Hexane ...

Kelp may be useful as a bioindicator because they are primary producers that are eaten by higher trophic level organisms, including people and livestock. Often when kelp or other algae species are used as bioindicators, the whole organism is homogenized. However, some kelp can be over 25 m long from their holdfast to the tip of the blade, making it important to understand how contaminant levels...

Environmental contamination research has been quite interesting in bioindicators recently. The basic objective of bioindicator is to find species that can reliably detect environmental disturbances and demonstrate how those affect other or biodiversity as a whole. Since they frequently come into contact with the harmful substances found soil, water, air, insects are particularly valuable for ev...

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 sna...