This document describes a display substrate and a display apparatus. The display substrate comprises a base, a plurality of drive signal lines, a plurality of pH value detection signal lines, and a plurality of pH value sensing modules arranged on the base; each pH value sensing module is connected to a corresponding drive signal line and a corresponding pH value detection signal line; the drive signal line is configured to provide a drive signal to the pH value sensing modules connected thereto so as to control said pH value sensing modules to work or not; the pH value sensing module is configured to sense a pH value under a working state and output a corresponding electrical signal; the pH value detection signal line is configured to receive the electrical signal output by the pH value sensing module.