Uncommon heavy metals, metalloids and their plant toxicity: A review

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 189-213

  Babula, Petr ^a   Adam, Vojtech ^b   Opatrilova, Radka ^a   Zehnalek, Josef ^b   Havel, Ladislav ^b   Kizek, Rene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Phytoremediation; Plant

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BIOREMEDIATION; BISMUTH; CHROMIUM; ENZYMES; INDIUM; RARE EARTHS; SELENIUM; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THALLIUM; TOXICITY; YTTERBIUM;

ALL METAL; ENZYME FUNCTIONS; ESSENTIAL METALS; METALS AND METALLOIDS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; PLANT TOXICITY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SELENIUM AND; ZINC-NICKEL;

COPPER;

EID: 53549095712     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-008-0159-9     Document Type: Review

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