Research Article

Physiological and Neurobehavioral Disturbances Induced by Al2O3 Nanoparticle Intoxication in Nile Tilapia Fish: Benefits of Dietary Chamomile Essential Oil

Table 4

Effect of CEO (2 mg/kg diet) on the behavior of O. niloticus following ALNP (1/10th of 96 LC50 (5.08 mg/L)) exposure for 30 days.

BehaviorControlCEOALNPsALNP+CEO value

Comfort behavior
 Chafing (%)aacb<0.001
 Resting (%)badc<0.001
 Surfacing (%)0.907
 Schooling (%)aaba<0.001
 Elimination (%)0.790
 Total comfort act (%)aacb<0.001
Aggressive behavior (%)
 Chasing (%)bbab<0.001
 Fin tugging (%)0.997
 Mouth push (%)ccab<0.001
 Total aggressive act (%)cdab<0.001

Values are ; values in the same row are not sharing a common superscript letter (a, b, c, and d) and differ significantly at .