Removal of cadmium and lead from soil using aescin as a biosurfactant

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 247-250

  Hong, Kyung Jin ^a   Choi, Young Kook ^a   Tokunaga, Shuzo ^b   Ishigami, Yutaka ^b   Kajiuchi, Toshio ^a  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b NATL INST OF MAT AND CHEM RES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aescin; Biosurfactant; Cadmium; Lead; Soil washing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001043233     PISSN: 10973958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11743-998-0027-1     Document Type: Article

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