Pure humic substances have the potential to act as xenobiotic chemicals - A review

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 391-401

  Steinberg, Christian E W ^a,b   Paul, Andrea ^a   Pflugmacher, Stephan ^a   Meinelt, Thomas ^a   Klöcking, Renate ^c   Wiegand, Claudia ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

14C KOP; Biotransformation; Direct effects; Heat shock proteins; Humic substances; Inhibition of photosynthetic oxygen release; Uptake

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038018369     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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