Bioconcentration and phytotoxicity of Cd in Eichhornia crassipes

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Mishra, Kum Kum ^a   Rai, U N ^b   Prakash, Om ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Eichhornia crassipes; Micronuclei assay; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CADMIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; PROTEINS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; MICRONUCLEI ASSAY; PHYTOTOXICITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CADMIUM; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; CADMIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROTEIN; ROOT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EICHHORNIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MERISTEM; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHOOT;

CADMIUM; EICHHORNIA; INDIA; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 34249885601     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9392-5     Document Type: Article

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