Terrestrial ecotoxicological effects of the antimicrobial agent triclosan

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-92

  Liu, Feng ^a   Ying, Guang Guo ^a   Yang, Li Hua ^a   Zhou, Qi Xing ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Microbial activity and diversity; Phytotoxicity; Respiration; Soil; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PHOSPHATASE; TRICLOSAN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CARBON; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYTOTOXICITY; RICE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; RICE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL RESPIRATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LEAD; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SEEDS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRICLOSAN;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 54049111339     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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