Responses of antioxidants in the lichen Ramalina lacera may serve as an early-warning bioindicator system for the detection of air pollution stress

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-53

  Weissman, Lior ^a,b   Fraiberg, Milana ^a   Shine, Lior ^a   Garty, Jacob ^a   Hochman, Ayala ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Catalase; Lichen; Low molecular weight antioxidants; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; CHLOROPHYLL; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LICHEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; TRANSPLANTATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMALINA LACERA; STRESS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GEOGRAPHY; ISRAEL; LICHENS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALGAE; RAMALINA LACERA;

EID: 33748493229     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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