Monitoring toxicity of an azo dye methyl red and a heavy metal Cu, using plant and animal bioassays

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-120

  Sharma, S ^a,a   Upreti, N ^a   Sharma, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Ceratophyllum; Copper; Daphnia; Fish; Lemna; Lettuce; Methyl red; Rice

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHEMICAL PLANTS; COPPER; FISH; HEAVY METALS; MEATS; NUTRIENTS;

CERATOPHYLLUM; DAPHNIA; LEMNA; LETTUCE; METHYL RED; RICE;

TOXICITY;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DYE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT; PH; RICE;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPHYLLUM; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DAPHNIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; LEMNA; LEMNA AEQUINOCTIALIS; ORYZA SATIVA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 60849101089     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240802010987     Document Type: Article

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