Accumulation of seleno-amino acids in legume and grass plant species grown in selenium-laden soils

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 491-497

  Wu, Lin ^a   Guo, Xun ^a   Banuelos, Gary S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Plants; Selenium laden soils; Seleno amino acid accumulation

Indexed keywords

SELENOAMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; GRASS; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; FESTUCA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELILOTUS INDICA; POLYPOGON MONSPELIENSIS; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0030946324     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0491:AOSAAI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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