Combination toxicology of copper, zinc, and cadmium in binary mixtures: Concentration-dependent antagonistic, nonadditive, and synergistic effects on root growth in Silene vulgaris

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 348-355

  Sharma, Shanti S ^a   Schat, Henk ^b   Vooijs, Riet ^b   Van Heerwaarden, Luisa M ^b  

^a HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Heavy metals; Phytochelatins; Silene vulgaris; Synergism

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DETOXIFICATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

SILENE VULGARIS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0032962326     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<0348:CTOCZA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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