Economic potentialities of some aquatic plants growing in north east Nile Delta, Egypt

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1395-1405

  Abu Ziada, M E ^a   Mashaly, I A ^a   Abd El Monem, M ^a   Torky, M ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial bioactivity; Bolboschoenus; Metabolic products; Myriophyllum; Nymphaea; Pistia; Vegetative yield; Veronica

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS;

BOLBOSCHOENUS; METABOLIC PRODUCTS; MYRIOPHYLLUM; NYMPHAEA; PISTIA; VEGETATIVE YIELD; VERONICA;

MAGNESIUM;

EID: 42149141381     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.1395.1405     Document Type: Article

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