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TABLE 11.1
Influence of Metals or Organic Contaminants on Digestive Enzyme Activities in Animals

Exposure
Conditions

Effects on Digestive
Enzymes Contaminant Species Reference

Arsenic In vivo

0.025 and
0.05 mg L -1

Cyprinus carpio Protease (-),

Amylase (-),
Lipase (-)

Sarita and Jain 2009

Cadmium In vitro

50 mg L -1

Abramis brama
Perca fluviatilis
Stizostedion
lucioperca

Protease (-),
amylase (-)

Kuz'mina et al.
2002

In vitro
0.05 to
50 mg L -1

11 freshwater fish
species

Amylase (-)
Protease (-)

Golovanova et al .
1999

In vitro
0.05 to
50 mg L -1

Oreochromis
mossambicus

Carbohydrases (-) Golovanova et al.

1994

In vitro
0.05 to
50 mg L -1

Abramis brama Carbohydrases (-)

In vivo
5 mg L -1 (15 to
60 days)

Oreochromis
mossambicus

Carbohydrases (-)

In vivo
3 to 25 µg L -1
(1 to 4 weeks)

Corbicula fluminea Cellulase (+),

Cellulase (-)

Barfield et al. 2001

In vivo
0.28 to
2.56 mg L -1
(50 min to 6 h)

Daphnia magna Cellulase (=),

Amylase (=);
Esterase (-),
β-Galactosidase (-),
Trypsin (-)

De Coen and
Janssen 1998

In vivo
0.8 to 570 µg L -1
(48 h)

Daphnia magna β-Galactosidase (-),

Trypsin (-);
Cellulase (=),
Amylase (=)

De Coen and
Janssen 1997

In vivo
0.8 to 570 µg L -1
(96 h)

Daphnia magna Amylase (+),

β-Galactosidase (+),
Trypsin (+),
Esterase (+),
Cellulase (=)

In vivo
0.05 to
10 mg L -1 (24 h)

Donax trunculus Mizrahi and

Achituv 1989

α-Amylase (-)

In vivo
27.81 mM

Perna viridis Amylase (-) Sabapathy and Teo

1992

Copper In vivo

2 mg L -1
(11 days)

Artemia salina Amylase (-),

Trypsin (-)

Alayse-Danet et al.
1979

In vitro
10 -8 to 10 -2 M

Arenicola marina Protease (-),

Esterase (-),
Lipase (-), α and
β-Glucosidase (-)

Chen et al. 2002

In vitro
10 -8 to 10 -2 M

Echinoderm Proteases (-)