Phytoremediation - A novel and promising approach for environmental clean-up

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 97-124

  Suresh, B ^a,b   Ravishankar, G A ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Hyperaccumulation; Metallothioneins; Phytochelatins; Phytoremediation; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

PHYTOREMEDIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; XENOBIOTICS;

BIOREMEDIATION; CELL CULTURE; CLONING; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYMES; GENES; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; PESTICIDE; PHYTOCHELATIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADSORPTION; ALGA; CELL CULTURE; DEHALOGENATION; DENITRIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HAIRY ROOT CULTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE;

EID: 4444349828     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388550490493627     Document Type: Review

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