Vicia faba as a bioindicator of oil pollution

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-217

  Malallah, Ghanima ^a   Afzal, M ^a   Gulshan, S ^a   Abraham, D ^a   Kurian, M ^a   Dhami, M S I ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Chlorophyll; Fatty acids; IPCS; Oil pollution; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; FATTY ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHEOPHYTIN; PIGMENT; PROLINE; PROTEIN; SUGAR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; KUWAIT; MOISTURE; OIL INDUSTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; VICIA FABA; WAR;

VICIA FABA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

BIOINDICATOR; FATTY ACID; FIELD BEAN; HYDROCARBON POLLUTION; OIL POLLUTION; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0029667941     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(95)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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