1Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kerala, India
American Journal of Environmental Protection.
2019,
Vol. 7 No. 1, 7-12
DOI: 10.12691/env-7-1-2
Copyright © 2019 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Dipu Sukumaran, Justy Joseph, Madhavan K., Harikumar P.S. The Role of Antioxidant Metabolism in Phytoremediation of Shrimp Farm Effluent by
Acrostichum aureum Linn.
American Journal of Environmental Protection. 2019; 7(1):7-12. doi: 10.12691/env-7-1-2.
Correspondence to: Dipu Sukumaran, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kerala, India. Email:
dipudr@rediffmail.comAbstract
The study evaluates the phytoremediation capabilities of Acrostichum aureum in the treatment of shrimp farm effluent. The effluent parameters like Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) (73%), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) (39%) and Nitrate (55%) were found reduced considerably during the treatment period of thirty days. The antioxidant concentrations of the plant were increased to cope up with the stress environment. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) in plants was increased to 70% during the treatment period. Peroxidase activity was also found to be increased from 0.02 to 0.26 mg/gFW. The increase in non-enzymatic antioxidants like chlorophyll indicated the health status of the plant during the treatment period.
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