Toxicity assessment of industrial effluent by bioassays

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 517-520

  Sahu, Ranjeev K ^a   Katiyar, Shashwat ^a   Yadav, Awadhesh K ^b   Kumar, Narendra ^c   Srivastava, Jatin ^a  

^a CSJM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Heavy metal; Percent phytotoxicity; Shoot Root ratio; Tannery effluent

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; OILS AND FATS; PROTEINS; STARCH; TOXICITY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; EFFLUENT; PHYTOTOXICITY; TOXICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KANPUR; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA;

EID: 62349100578     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200700078     Document Type: Article

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