Cytotoxicity, Genotoxicity, and Phytotoxicity of Tannery Effluent Discharged into Palar River Basin, Tamil Nadu, India

Table 5

Effect of tannery effluent on protein content and photosynthetic pigments of Lemna minor (all values are mean ± SD range for three observations each).

Concentration of tannery effluent (%)	Protein concentration (µg/mL)	Chlorophyll a concentration (µg/mL)	Chlorophyll b concentration (µg/mL)	Carotenoids concentration (µg/mL)
0	60 ± 0.30	6.687 ± 0.14	1.00 ± 0.40	3.474 ± 0.22
5	52 ± 0.26	5.79 ± 0.17	0.916 ± 0.30	2.95 ± 0.27
10	50 ± 0.28	0.907 ± 0.15	0.811 ± 0.10	1.946 ± 0.24
15	38 ± 0.29	0.738 ± 0.16	0.800 ± 0.22	1.044 ± 0.26
20	12 ± 0.27	0.636 ± 0.18	0.640 ± 0.20	0.360 ± 0.25