Time-courses of growth inhibition and recovery for narcotic chemicals and 2,6-dinitrophenol in pollen suspensions of Nicotiana sylvestris

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 783-790

  Sichtling, Stefan ^a   Quader, Hartmut ^a   Kristen, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; In vitro toxicity; Narcotic chemicals; Pollen germination; Pollen test; Pollen tube growth; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; BUTANOL; NARCOTIC AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; GERMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0032716223     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119299902700508     Document Type: Article

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