Decreased toxicity to terrestrial plants associated with a mixture of methyl tert-butyl ether and its metabolite tert-butyl alcohol

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1711-1716

  An, Youn Joo ^a   Lee, Woo Mi ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Methyl tert butyl ether; Plant; Soil; tert Butyl alcohol; Toxic unit

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CELL GROWTH; ETHERS; METABOLITES; SOILS; TOXICITY;

METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; SPEARMAN-KARBER METHOD; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL; TOXIC UNITS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

GROWTH RATE; METABOLITE; MTBE; SOIL POLLUTION; SORGHUM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOXICITY; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CHINESE CABBAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUCUMBER; DRY WEIGHT; HUMAN; KALE; MAIZE; MUNG BEAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEEDLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SORGHUM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WHEAT;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; GERMINATION; METHYL ETHERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ALBOGLABRA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34547899243     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-434R1.1     Document Type: Article

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