Volume : 4, Issue : 7, July - 2015

A study on the renal histopathology of snake head fish, Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793), due to chronic lindane exposure

Debasish Bhattacharjee, Suchismita Das

Abstract :

<p>The histopathological effects of 0.0255 gL-1 lindane on kidney tissue architecture of the snake head fish Channa punctata were determined by light microscopy at 7, 4 and 21 days of exposure durations. The result of this work clearly indicated that lindane adverse effected the kidney tissues. Lesions in the kidney tissues were characterized by degeneration in the epithelial cells of renal tubule, narrowing of the tubular lumen, necrosis of glomeruli, degeneration and atrophy of the renal tubule, and loss of haemapoietic tissues. The results of this study indicated that lindane had the potential to disrupt renal functions.</p>