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Table 1 convulsant effect of the intraperitoneal administration of untreated and treated industrial TW, OMW and PW in comparison with the pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) (90 mg/ml) in mice

From: Toxicities effects of pharmaceutical, olive mill and textile wastewaters before and after degradation by Pseudomonas putida mt-2

Treatment

Onset of seizure

Duration (s)

Mortality (%)

PC

180.16 ± 33.66**

15 ± 1.16*

100

NG

0

0

0

Untreated TW

0

0

0

Untreated OMW

0

0

0

Untreated PW

230.5 ± 13.5**

17 ± 1.3*

0

treated TW

0

0

0

treated OMW

0

0

0

treated PW

0

0

0

  1. Positive control: pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) (90 mg/ml); Negative control: saline 10 ml/kg
  2. TW: Textile wastewater; OMW: olive Mill wastewater and PW: pharmaceutical wastewater
  3. Values are expressed as mean ± s.e.m. *P < 0.01; *P < 0.001 n = 6 animals
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