pH dependent toxicity of pyridine raffinate to a common duckweed, Lemna minor L.

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 886-893

  Chandra, R ^a   Singh, B B ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE RAFFINATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLOROPHYLL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EFFLUENT; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; ARACEAE; BIOMASS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

ARACEAE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PLANT PROTEINS; PYRIDINES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 24344467899     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0664-5     Document Type: Article

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