TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of piperazine and EDTA in garden snail towards electrolytic variation and antimicrobial activities
AU - Kumar, Anil
AU - Dhiman, Varun
AU - Kumar, Pawan
AU - Pant, Deepak
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, the Central University of Haryana, and the Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Panthaghati, Shimla, for providing the necessary facilities for this work.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - The present study has been carried out to evaluate the effects of piperazine and EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) in the garden snail, Cornu aspersum. EDTA and piperazine-like chemicals are widely used in various pharmaceutical, household, and industrial applications. The snails after collection were kept in different earthen pots and treated with these chemicals at different concentrations. A higher concentration of these chemicals led to a change in foot color from light to dark brown and loss in average weight with time. It has been found that a 10-fold increase in piperazine and EDTA concentration reduces weight by approximately 12.7- and 11.6-fold, respectively. Further, the study provides an insight into the altered antimicrobial activity of crude extract when treated with ligands. Additionally, the variations in the electrolytes in the mucus sample have been observed with the mean standard deviation (± SD) of 6.4 and 2.4 for Na+ and K+ ions, respectively.
AB - The present study has been carried out to evaluate the effects of piperazine and EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) in the garden snail, Cornu aspersum. EDTA and piperazine-like chemicals are widely used in various pharmaceutical, household, and industrial applications. The snails after collection were kept in different earthen pots and treated with these chemicals at different concentrations. A higher concentration of these chemicals led to a change in foot color from light to dark brown and loss in average weight with time. It has been found that a 10-fold increase in piperazine and EDTA concentration reduces weight by approximately 12.7- and 11.6-fold, respectively. Further, the study provides an insight into the altered antimicrobial activity of crude extract when treated with ligands. Additionally, the variations in the electrolytes in the mucus sample have been observed with the mean standard deviation (± SD) of 6.4 and 2.4 for Na+ and K+ ions, respectively.
KW - Antimicrobial property
KW - EDTA
KW - Electrolytic variations
KW - Garden snails
KW - Lactobacillus acidophilus bacteria
KW - Piperazine
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U2 - 10.1007/s11356-021-15543-5
DO - 10.1007/s11356-021-15543-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85111626149
SN - 0944-1344
VL - 28
SP - 65911
EP - 65922
JO - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
JF - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
IS - 46
ER -