The aim of our current research was to study the effects of Vitamins C and E separately and jointly in reducing the amount of accumulated heavy metals in different tissues of common carp exposed to heavy metals. After acclimatization the fish were divided into two groups: the control group and the group subjected to heavy metal exposure. The fish were exposed to a mixture of heavy metals containing: lead acetate 0.3 mg/l, cadmium chloride 0.4 mg/l and mercuric chloride 0.001 mg/l. After exposure, there was a significant increase (p liver> muscles> plasma. Supplementation of vitamins C and E either alone or jointly had significantly decreased (p<0.01; p<0.05) levels of accumulated heavy metals in investigated tissues compared to the control and exposed groups. Supplementation of vitamin C and E jointly showed more chelating ability compared with the effect of vitamins C and E, separately.

The Albanian part of Lake Ohrid is endangered by heavy metals, the source of which is mainly the old mining waste around the lake shore, but also agricultural pollution. The chromium and nickel concentrations were investigated in the fall season in the sediment and common reed (Phragmites...