Physiological changes in certain test plants under automobile exhaust pollution

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-47

  Mandal, Madhumanjari ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CHURCH COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic respiration; Automobile exhaust; Fructose 1,6 bis phosphate aldolase; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Plants; Posphoenol pyruvate carboxylase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA; CARBON FIXATION; CEPHALANDRA INDICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXHAUST GAS; GAS EXCHANGE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NERIUM; NERIUM INDICUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHOTORESPIRATION; PLANT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; STRESS; TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; BOERHAVIA; BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA; CEPHALANDRA; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER; TABERNAEMONTANA; TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA;

EID: 31544461493     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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