Arsenic-eaters: By accident or by design

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-11

  Salt, David E ^a   Norton, Gareth J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Metabolism; Phytoremediation; Reduction; Speciation; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; REDUCTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); ZINC;

ANIMAL; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PLANTS;

EID: 51249112751     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02609.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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