Fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in Asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of Pahang, Malaysia

Fish scales are inedible and hence thrown away as industrial waste, which is one of the major sources of pollution in the natural environment. The concept of a sustainable ecosystem, along with the growth of developing countries in the tropics, has made it essential to devise schemes to turn waste...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Rahman, Suzanah, Abdullah, Nur Aienun, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	Coastal Education & Research Foundation Inc. Florida 2018
Subjects:	RS192 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Technology RS403 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Chemistry
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spelling	iium-678092019-01-30T02:45:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67809/ Fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in Asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of Pahang, Malaysia Abdul Rahman, Suzanah Abdullah, Nur Aienun Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Yunus, Kamaruzzaman RS192 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Technology RS403 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Chemistry Fish scales are inedible and hence thrown away as industrial waste, which is one of the major sources of pollution in the natural environment. The concept of a sustainable ecosystem, along with the growth of developing countries in the tropics, has made it essential to devise schemes to turn waste products into viable biotechnology materials. This study looked into potential biomaterial safety by investigating the levels of heavy metals and accumulation of potential carcinogens from the marine environment in scales of two brackish water fishes: red tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer). The closed acid digestion method was used to measure the levels of lead, zinc, copper, and cadmium using the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. Mean concentrations obtained indicated that L. calcarifer scales contained higher levels of the heavy metals, and it was observed that essential metals accumulated at higher concentrations compared to nonessential heavy metals in both fishes. Significant relationships (p , 0.001) were found between fish type and heavy metal accumulation for all metals assessed except for lead. Nevertheless, the metal concentrations were still lower than the national and international standard maximum permissible limits for human consumption. Thus, it can be concluded that fish scale waste could be treated as wealth in biotechnological industries for the reduction of toxic materials from waste effluents. Coastal Education & Research Foundation Inc. Florida 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67809/7/67809%20Fish%20Scales%20as%20a%20Bioindicator.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67809/8/67809%20Fish%20Scales%20as%20a%20Bioindicator%20SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67809/19/67809_Fish%20scales%20as%20a%20bioindicator%20of%20potential%20marine_WOS.pdf Abdul Rahman, Suzanah and Abdullah, Nur Aienun and Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal and Yunus, Kamaruzzaman (2018) Fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in Asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of Pahang, Malaysia. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 82 Fall. pp. 120-125. ISSN 0749-0208 E-ISSN 1551-5036 http://www.jcronline.org/doi/pdf/10.2112/SI82-016.1 10.2112/SI82-016.1
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spellingShingle	RS192 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Technology RS403 Materia Medica-Pharmaceutical Chemistry Abdul Rahman, Suzanah Abdullah, Nur Aienun Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in Asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of Pahang, Malaysia
description	Fish scales are inedible and hence thrown away as industrial waste, which is one of the major sources of pollution in the natural environment. The concept of a sustainable ecosystem, along with the growth of developing countries in the tropics, has made it essential to devise schemes to turn waste products into viable biotechnology materials. This study looked into potential biomaterial safety by investigating the levels of heavy metals and accumulation of potential carcinogens from the marine environment in scales of two brackish water fishes: red tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer). The closed acid digestion method was used to measure the levels of lead, zinc, copper, and cadmium using the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. Mean concentrations obtained indicated that L. calcarifer scales contained higher levels of the heavy metals, and it was observed that essential metals accumulated at higher concentrations compared to nonessential heavy metals in both fishes. Significant relationships (p , 0.001) were found between fish type and heavy metal accumulation for all metals assessed except for lead. Nevertheless, the metal concentrations were still lower than the national and international standard maximum permissible limits for human consumption. Thus, it can be concluded that fish scale waste could be treated as wealth in biotechnological industries for the reduction of toxic materials from waste effluents.
format	Article
author	Abdul Rahman, Suzanah Abdullah, Nur Aienun Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Yunus, Kamaruzzaman
author_facet	Abdul Rahman, Suzanah Abdullah, Nur Aienun Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Yunus, Kamaruzzaman
author_sort	Abdul Rahman, Suzanah
title	Fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in Asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of Pahang, Malaysia
title_short	Fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in Asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of Pahang, Malaysia
title_full	Fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in Asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of Pahang, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in Asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of Pahang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in Asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of Pahang, Malaysia
title_sort	fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of pahang, malaysia
publisher	Coastal Education & Research Foundation Inc. Florida
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/67809/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67809/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67809/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67809/7/67809%20Fish%20Scales%20as%20a%20Bioindicator.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/67809/8/67809%20Fish%20Scales%20as%20a%20Bioindicator%20SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/67809/19/67809_Fish%20scales%20as%20a%20bioindicator%20of%20potential%20marine_WOS.pdf
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Fish scales as a bioindicator of potential marine pollutants and carcinogens in Asian sea bass and red tilapia within the coastal waters of Pahang, Malaysia

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