Research Article

Microbiological and Toxicological Assessment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater from the Lagos Megacity, Nigeria

Table 6

Probit response of Oreochromis niloticus to acutely toxic concentrations of the pharmaceutical wastewater.

LC5 (mL/L)LC50 (mL/L)LC95 (mL/L)SEDFProbit-line equation

15.14 (0.02–29.59)51.20 (19.14–90.24)173.21 (96.19–52485.55)1.322

LC5: lethal concentration that will bring 5% mortality of the exposed population.
LC50: median lethal concentration that will bring about 50% mortality to the exposed population.
LC95: lethal concentration that will bring about 95% mortality of the exposed population.