Biotoxicity of mercury to Chlorella vulgaris as influenced by amino acids

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-504

  Mohapatra, D K ^a   Mohanty, Liza ^a   Mohanty, R C ^a   Mohapatra, P K ^a  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chlorella; Mercury; Static dose

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIVALENT CATION; MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMINO ACIDS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CHLORELLA; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0031292421     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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