Phytotoxicities of selected chemicals and industrial effluents to Nitellopsis obtusa cells, assessed by using a rapid electrophysiological charophyte test

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-386

  Manusadžianas, Levonas ^a   Vitkus, Rimantas ^b   Pörtner, Ralf ^c   Märkl, Herbert ^c  

^a Botanikos Institutas   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Characae; Membrane potential; Nitellopsis obtusa; Toxkits

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER ION; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; NICKEL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; ZINC ION;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALGA; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; EFFLUENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0344417177     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119299902700311     Document Type: Article

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