GMO Research
Abstract: The acute toxicity of Roundup, a glyphosate herbicide, to Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, was investigated with emphasis on histopathological effects. The values of 24-h, 48-h, 72-h and 96-h LC50 for young tilapia were 17.5, 17.1, 16.9 and 16.8 ppm, respectively, and those for adult tilapia were 46.9, 44.4, 40.0 and 36.8 ppm, respectively. They …
Abstract: In Oreochromis niloticus that had been exposed for 3 months to sublethal concentrations (5 and 15 ppm) of the commercial glyphosate herbicide (C3H8NO5P) Roundup, the organs exhibited varying degrees of histopathological change. In the gills filament cell proliferation, lamellar cell hyperplasia, lamellar fusion, epithelial lifting, and aneurysm were observed. In the liver there were …
Abstract: We used nested‐polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect Roundup Ready soybean in aquatic feeds and feeding tilapias. A template concentration of 10−10 g μL−1 DNA solution could be detected with a dilute degree of 0.01%. Most (90.6%) of the aquatic feeds containing soybean byproduct included exogenous DNA segments. We also compared genetically modified (GM) …
Abstract: Tilapias (Oreochromis niloticus) were fed using transgenic soybean diets and non-transgenic soybean diets. Gastric contents, intestinal contents and faeces were sampled respectively from tilapias at 1h, 4h and 8h after feeding and different tissues of tilapias were collected at 4-, 7-week and continued hunger 2-week. DNA was extracted from these samples and the distribution …
Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the use of pesticides on farms located in the Lambedor River watershed in Guatambu, State of Santa Catarina, as well as to determine, by micronucleus testing, the risk of genotoxic impact. Samples from locally collected Cyprinus carpio, Hypostomus punctatus, Rhamdia quelen and Oreochromis niloticus gave evidence …
