Research Article

Biochemical and Ultrastructural Changes in the Hepatopancreas of Bellamya aeruginosa (Gastropoda) Fed with Toxic Cyanobacteria

Table 2

The activities of enzymes ACP, ALP, and GST levels in the hepatopancreas of snails (B. aeruginosa) during the experiment. Results are expressed as mean ± SD. Treatments with the same superscript letter are not significantly different (Dunnett's test, 𝑃 > 0 . 0 5 ).

Time (day)EnzymeThe activities of enzymes (U·gprot−1) 𝐹 𝑃
Control groupMixed groupCyanobacteria

1ACP 1 2 4 . 0 ± 1 9 . 2 1 0 9 . 6 ± 1 4 . 2 1 1 8 . 1 ± 3 . 4 0.8050.49
5 2 0 2 . 4 ± 2 9 . 5 a 5 2 8 . 9 ± 5 9 . 7 b 2 7 6 . 3 ± 2 8 . 4 a 50.335<0.001
10 1 5 1 . 9 ± 1 2 . 0 a 3 3 1 . 8 ± 3 9 . 9 b 2 1 0 . 4 ± 2 7 . 7 c 30.3270.001
15 1 5 4 . 7 ± 4 0 . 5 a 3 8 3 . 1 ± 8 7 . 7 b 6 1 6 . 4 ± 5 1 . 7 c 39.989<0.001
20 2 7 6 . 7 ± 2 9 . 6 a 3 2 2 . 2 ± 6 . 7 a b 4 5 8 . 4 ± 1 2 6 . 0 b 4.7910.57
25 3 5 2 . 3 ± 4 2 . 7 2 7 4 . 2 ± 4 0 . 2 4 2 4 . 6 ± 1 2 4 . 4 2.6920.146
30 2 5 8 . 9 ± 4 6 . 4 1 9 2 . 8 ± 2 9 . 0 2 3 0 . 7 1 ± 4 1 . 5 2.0990.204

1ALP 3 2 0 . 9 ± 3 3 . 1 4 4 6 . 6 ± 8 6 . 8 4 1 4 . 3 ± 1 4 1 . 5 1.3390.331
5 4 9 6 . 7 ± 8 3 . 8 5 5 2 . 3 ± 1 0 8 . 9 4 0 0 . 6 ± 2 8 . 5 2.6910.147
10 1 4 5 . 7 ± 3 7 . 7 1 7 6 . 3 ± 3 0 . 9 1 7 3 . 2 ± 1 5 . 9 0.9710.431
15 1 2 4 . 9 ± 3 0 . 3 a 4 6 4 . 4 ± 5 5 . 8 b 1 6 7 . 3 ± 4 0 . 8 a 54.096<0.001
20 3 3 3 . 3 ± 2 1 . 6 a 1 7 7 . 9 ± 2 1 . 2 b 1 3 5 . 6 ± 3 1 . 6 b 50.951<0.001
25 1 8 4 . 5 ± 2 4 . 0 1 3 5 . 1 ± 5 1 . 4 1 0 5 . 3 ± 2 2 . 8 3.8570.084
30 1 4 2 . 1 ± 5 2 . 2 8 6 . 3 ± 1 9 . 2 1 1 5 . 6 ± 1 2 . 8 2.1560.197

1GST 6 7 . 6 ± 1 5 . 8 5 8 . 8 ± 4 . 1 6 9 . 8 ± 7 . 5 0.9420.441
5 7 0 . 9 ± 1 0 . 3 a 9 9 . 0 ± 1 4 . 8 b 6 4 . 9 ± 5 . 8 a 8.3480.018
10 3 5 . 4 ± 0 . 9 a 1 3 5 . 4 ± 3 2 . 0 b 3 0 . 7 ± 5 . 8 a 29.6830.001
15 3 8 . 8 ± 4 . 1 a 2 2 7 . 5 ± 5 8 . 0 b 4 4 . 1 ± 1 3 . 3 a 29.250.001
20 8 6 . 4 ± 4 . 9 a 9 9 . 2 ± 8 . 7 a b 1 2 0 . 4 ± 2 3 . 1 b 4.210.072
25 7 3 . 1 ± 4 . 0 a 9 7 . 3 ± 2 2 . 7 a b 1 0 7 . 9 ± 2 . 7 b 5.3280.047
30 2 7 . 0 ± 0 . 6 a 2 8 . 4 ± 3 . 3 a 3 9 . 0 3 ± 2 . 8 b 20.3570.002