Monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using 'moss bags': Bioaccumulation and responses of antioxidant enzymes in Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw.

Chemosphere

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2305-2315

  Roy, Sashwati ^a   Sen, Chandan K ^a   Hänninen, Osmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Ascorbate peroxidase; Biomonitoring; Free radicals; Fuel exhaust; Glutathione; Pollution; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; PEROXIDASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOSS; SUMMER; WATER POLLUTION;

FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA;

EID: 0030001237     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00139-7     Document Type: Article

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