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Studies on Toxicological Evaluation of Pesticides(Fungicide, Insecticide, Herbicide) using Tree Frog Embryos, Hyla japonica

청개구리 배아를 활용한 농약류(살균제, 살충제, 제초제)의 독성평가 연구

  • Yoon, Pil-Sang (Graduate school of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Chonnam University) ;
  • Ko, Sun-Kun (Dept. of Physical theraphy, Honam University)
  • 윤필상 (전남대학교 대학원 생물과학.생명기술학과) ;
  • 고선근 (호남대학교 물리치료학과)
  • Received : 2019.01.03
  • Accepted : 2019.02.26
  • Published : 2019.04.30
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Abstract

This study used the probit analysis to evaluate the toxicity of three chemicals - benomyl (Germicide), carbofuran (insecticide), and thiobencarb (herbicide) - with the FETAX (Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus) protocol using the incubated embryos of tree frog, Hyla japonica. The results showed that the larval body length decreased while the mortality and malformation rates increased as the concentrations of benomyl, carbofuran, and thiobencarb increased. The teratogenic concentration ($EC_{50}$) of benomyl, carbofuran, and thiobencarb were 1.00, 0.58, 4.75 mg/L, respectively, indicating that the malformation of larvae was the most sensitive to carbofuran. The embryo lethal concentration ($LC_{50}$) was 7.04, 28.71, and 16.12mg/L, respectively, indicating that benomyl showed the lowest embryo lethal concentration. The teratogenic index (TI) was 7.04 in Benomyl, 49.50 in Carbofuran, and 3.39 in Thiobencarb, indicating that the TI values were above 1.5, which is the criterion of teratogenicity, for all three chemicals. All three pesticides examined by this study were considered to be the most teratogenic substances, and the carbofuran was the most potent teratogen.

국내에 서식중인 청개구리의 배아를 활용하여 농약류 3종의 독성평가를 위해 FETAX(Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus) 기법에 따라 청개구리(Hyla japonica)의 배아를 배양하면서 Benomyl(살균제), Carbofuran(살충제), Thiobencarb(제초제)의 효과를 probit 분석법으로 조사하였다. 그 결과, Benomyl, Carbofuran, Thiobencarb의 농도에 의존하여 유생의 체장 길이는 감소하고 치사율과 기형율은 증가하였다. Benomyl, Carbofuran, Thiobencarb의 teratogenic concentration($EC_{50}$)은 각각 1.00, 0.58, 4.75mg/L을 나타내어 Carbofuran이 기형유발에 가장 민감하게 반응하였으며, embryo lethal concentrations($LC_{50}$)은 7.04, 28.71, 16.12mg/L을 나타내어 Benomyl이 가장 낮은 농도에서 배아를 치사하는 것으로 나타났다. Teratogenic index($TI=LC_{50}/EC_{50}$)는 Benomyl 7.04, Carbofuran 49.50, Thiobencarb 3.39를 나타내어 TI값이 모두 기형유발물질로 판단하는 기준인 1.5 이상을 나타내어 시험에 사용된 농약류 3종은 최기형성 물질로 판단되며 Carbofuran이 가장 강력한 최기형성물질로 작용함을 알 수 있었다.

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