Role of glutathione and phytochelatin in Hydrilla verticillata (i.f.) Royle and Vallisneria spiralis L. under mercury stress

Chemosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 785-800

  Gupta, Meetu ^a   Tripathi, R D ^a   Rai, U N ^a   Chandra, P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCURY; THIOL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DETOXIFICATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT;

EID: 0032146498     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00073-3     Document Type: Article

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