Impact of oil pollution on some desert plants

Environment International

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 919-924

  Malallah, G ^b   Afzal, M ^b   Kurian, M ^b   Gulshan, S ^b   Dhami, M S I ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; OIL WELLS; PHENOLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SUGARS; TOXICITY;

GENOTOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OIL; PALMITIC ACID; PHENOL; STEARIC ACID; SUGAR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DESERT; OIL POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; GENOTOXICITY; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

KUWAIT;

LAUNAEA MUCRONATA; PICRIS BABYLONICA; SENECIO GLAUCUS; SONCHUS OLERACEUS;

EID: 0032213280     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(98)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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