%0 Journal Article %A Grib, I. V. %A Goncharenko, N. I. %A Voytyshina, D. I. %D 2006 %I Begell House %N 6 %P 61-71 %R 10.1615/HydrobJ.v42.i6.50 %T Saponin as a Factor of Mass Fish Mortality in the Rivers of Ukraine %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/38cb2223012b73f2,7e391c137397c29c,43f76cbf094a641c.html %V 42 %X It is stated based on laboratory simulation experiment that saponin, a hemolytic glycoside, may be an actual cause of fish kills in environmental water bodies. Irreversible toxic effect of saponin on fish occurs at its 2.0 mg/L concentration. It was demonstrated on the example of two tributaries of the Pripyat (Pripet) River that wastewaters of beet-processing sugar mills may be the source of saponin in natural waters. %8 2007-01-27