Development of an inhibitive enzyme assay for copper

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-44

  Shukor, M Yunus ^a   Bakar, N A ^a   Othman, A R ^a   Yunus, I ^a   Shamaan, N A ^a   Syed, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Copper; Inhibitive enzyme assay; Mo reducing enzyme

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; COPPER; ENZYME; HEAVY METAL; INHIBITION; TOXICITY TEST;

EID: 59349095751     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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